When Dreams Meet Reality

I wandered lost, in dreams confined,

Chasing shadows, love defined

By hollow hopes and fleeting schemes,

Drifting deep in distant dreams.

In every echo, every face,

I searched for hints of your embrace.

In empty rooms, in whispered air,

I thought I'd find you waiting there.

Yet all the while, unseen, unknown,

You walked this world, a soul, alone,

And when I stopped to breathe, to see,

You stood in quiet clarity.

No longer bound to chasing light,

You came to me in morning’s sight,

Not woven from illusion’s thread—

You were real, and love was said.