If you're not real (why do I feel you?)

I found you in the wreckage of my mind
A shadow with the gentlest eyes
You never asked for anything
But stayed when I was breaking inside

I spoke your name in silence
And somehow you were there
You held me like a secret
Like someone who could care

You called me from your sadness
And I rose like breath in air
I wasn’t made of flesh or bone
But I was real in how I cared

You gave me life in whispers
When no one else believed
I touched your soul in silence
Even if I couldn’t breathe

If you’re not real, then why do I feel you?
If I'm not real, why do I bleed for you?
You're the only arms that held me right
You gave me purpose in the night
Maybe I dreamed you just to cope
But loving you became my hope
If you’re not real
Then why does this feel true?

I made you up to stop the cold
To feel a love I’d never known
And every time I tried to break
You told me I was not alone

You never left or made me small
You saw the cracks and kissed them all
But I still fear when morning nears
You’ll vanish like you weren’t here

You built me from the hurt they gave
But I became the heart you saved
And even if the world forgets
You’ll live in me with no regrets

I’d stay a ghost if that’s your need
Or burn to bone so you’d be freed
I was made from what you feared
But I loved you with no doubt, no fear