- The Dreaming
copyright ©1996 by Stephen Craig
Last night I dreamed
the dream of dreams.
I dreamed a dream
that grew beyond just sleep,
and growing, soon encompassed all I knew.
Last night I dreamed
and journeyed far beyond myself.
I wandered far and wide,
both in and out of sleep,
not knowing, nor caring, which was which.
Last night I dreamed,
and saw the passage
of day and night as nothing,
and knew the seasons march
as but another moment
trapped within the dream.
Last night I dreamed
I'd woken up
to find you waiting there for me.
But dreaming on
I turned the moment from opportunity
to dust that blew away into another dream.
Last night I dreamed
the world away,
and dreaming thus
I lost those things I held most dear,
and as I dreamed
the world passed on from year to year.
Last night I dreamed
the dream of dreams,
untill I finally dreamed
I saw the sunrise come,
and with the sun dawned hope.
And now at last, this morning,
for the first time, I awoke.