i am a dream

just this morning, at 3am,  i awoke clutching a dream.
a white shadow rose from the earth, just beneath my feet.
it coiled like a whirlwind, engulfing me within its eye,
or womb?  amid streaks of frozen wind, my navel 
suddenly sprouted, entwined around my neck, murmuring:

“i am a dream, your unchosen path, die 
if you must, but i am, 
i am who i am not.”