while you were sleeping,
I built a wall
around you.
With tears from
my eyes,
with the ache from
my heart,
with the words stuck in
my throat.
For I couldn't protect you
in real life,
so I guess
protecting you in your dreams
was the next best thing I
could do.

Just like how
you can only be in
my dreams.

And can never be
with me in
real life.