Please allow me to introduce myself.

For, who I am is not quite clear.

But you never really believed in me,

So, in truth, I'm not really here.

Please allow me to speak my name

In a tongue that is my own.

For, in your language my name name

is still completely unknown.

Please allow me to contemplate

a future that is not my own.

Sometimes one must wonder

what is better to be left alone.

Please allow me to speak my words

to see to the heart of you.

For, from where I stand over all mankind

it's not a very pleasant view.

Please allow me to be your guide,

and carry you through my pain.

I will be the one you call,

though you do not know my name.

Please allow me to introduce myself

to this time and place and year.

But you don't really believe in me

so perhaps I was never here.