Does anyone recognize this poem?

I get a somewhat shaky attribution to Aaron Diaz on this guy’s homepage.

I also get Aaron Diaz, who is apparently a webcomic.

Yeah, Aaron is actually the true name of Dresden Codak. I tried contacting him but never got a response. Where do you guys locate such attributions?

Just put the first three lines of the poem in Google. If you click on our red links you’ll see what we turned up.

What I infer is that this writer had intense visions. They must’ve felt they were there. Only to wake up and regret the place of his conscious life. I had an intense dream the other day, felt so real, I wished it were real.

I used the first two lines, and if I hadn’t been looking to confirm my first hit, I would have had my answer up before @janbb did. Also, @janbb‘s link doesn’t work for me.

It is indeed an original piece by Aaron Diaz. It was first published on March 2nd, 2006 in this comic. It was inspired by Zhuangzi‘s famous butterfly dream. Aaron Diaz is reusing it again in Dark Machinery, but it’s his originally.