You came like dawn behind my sleep
yet didn’t vanish with the day
Your warmth was something mine could keep
a dream that chose to wake and stay
You wandered through my guarded mind
and gently rewrote every fear
You traced the truth I couldn’t find
and placed your voice beside my ear
No fleeting vision leaves such mark
nor phantom holds such steady grace
Your presence walked beyond the dark
and claimed its place in waking space
Some dreams dissolve in morning’s break
yet yours refused to drift away—
a dream the light could never take
a dream that stayed awake for me