I stood in endless darkness long before you found your way
listening to the silent hum of nights that never broke
Your presence came like morning wrapped in gentle shades of gray
a promise woven softly through the words I never spoke
You carried light within you like a secret meant to bloom
a quiet glow that warmed the corners sorrow once controlled
Your tenderness filled empty rooms that once were quiet tombs
and turned my muted heart into a story being told
If I could shift the clocks to bring your sunrise sooner here
I’d let your warmth arrive before the coldness had its say
I’d gather every shadow that once whispered to my fear
and trade them for the brilliance
of your softly rising day
In the next life if the world begins where hope is born
I’ll meet you in the brightness of a new and tender morn
For you were always
the dawn I waited for—
before my heart
was worn