Dreaming that you are not dreaming is common. Having a dream where you are dreaming is insane.
Being unable to walk in your dream is similar to many types of dream paralysis. Stuck energy, unfullfilled desires, hidden motivations may or may not have something to do with it. It is all up to the interpreter.

I need to reorient my life more towards poetry instead of politics. I'm heading down a fruitless path.
And I like fruit.
Beauty is in the eye of the skateboarder. Behold, a new path has opened up before me in the woods. It appeared at the precise moment I needed it the most.