The Stranger Awakes

THE STRANGER AWAKES
 

Beyond the nearing horizon 

 Lies a dream that never sleeps
A wave of vision in my mind
Into my waking world creeps

The dream takes shape before my eyes
Its shadow a wish I fear  

Unfolding into what is real
And to truth I fear to hear

Before my eyes, a man I know
Yet a stranger I fear to see
For I have looked into my soul

And I know the stranger is me