A stag keeps walking in my dreams <br />He is not what he seems <br /> <br />He carries his great antlers like a tree <br />That sprouts from his nobility <br /> <br />Far from the shout of field and farm <br />He knows no harm <br /> <br />He sees me just before I wake <br />And suddenly a snake <br /> <br />Creeps from the earth beneath his feet <br />Bearing an ear of wheat <br /> <br />I ask myself what emblem this can be <br />Of triumph or calamity.<br /><br />Peter Russell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-recurring-dream/
