Clay represents, or is reminding you of someone in your current life.

The lighter is represetative of fire, and fire suggests extreme emotions....passion, anger, hate, etc.

That he wants to kill you suggests you feel that you are under attack from someone in your waking life. That he was captured but escaped, suggests you feel this person that is 'attacking' you in your waking life, has been warned about his behavior, but yet he persists. Or that others, besides yourself, are aware of his behavior.

Weapons - represent an aggressive feeling of antipathy, or hatred, and are associated with physical violence. (That you feel if 'so & so' gets hurt, he deserved it).

Violence - represents the facets of personality that never get displayed in waking life, and can become quite animated. Nowhere is this more apparent than with violent behavior. The violence may be justified or random, but it is often extremely graphic. It is so graphic, in fact, that you should understand that this is normal, although upsetting, ..and that it's presence is almost always an exaggeration of another point, and is a way for your subconscious to vent anger, and physical aggression.
Violence can also be an off-shoot of heroic behavior,....ie: feeling the need to protect someone, or their reputation.

Maintaining control suggests your ability to remain calm in the most stressful of situations.
The police suggests you feel the need for control in some area, or some siuation, in your life....and possibly a mediation of an authority figure between you and another person.
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Is there someone at work, home, school, that you are having a particular problem with, or is causing undue stress?
Are you feeling the need for intervention from an authority figure... boss, parent, friend, or teacher?
Have you been 'biting your tongue' about a situation lately, or holding back your opinion, or anger?


Hope this helps you out. Best of luck!