Could this be real (a triumph of love)

It's been a long while since I've been on here. This is a poem about a love that walked back into my life after years of trying to make up my wrong doings to her by being the best friend I could be.

Could this be real
The feeling that my heart
Is starting to feel
It seems forever 
Since I last felt hope
My choices always seem
To be tightening the rope
Slowly killing myself
While trying to breathe
Such is life 
When living in hypocrisy
But now all the darkness
Seems to be turning to light
And maybe once again
All in my world will be right
Are your words real
Or just a hallucination
Could you really feel
I've reached the path of redemption
For so very long
It seemed time buried my hope
Beneath its sands
Forcing each grain down my throat
Trapped in the glass
And lost in time
Patiently awaiting
The day I can call you mine 
Living every second
Trying to make it up to you
I thought myself living in a dream
Living in false hope 
That one day you may see
Just how I've changed
And everything I've done
To prove eternal love exists
And you're truly the only one
Could this be real
Do I see in your eyes
The same fire of what I feel 
Has the day come
Where we leave the past behind
And walk together to the future
With your hand in mine
Please let this be real
And if its all just a dream
Please don't wake me up
Let me hold onto this peace

Author's Note

Please don't be afraid of letting me know how to better this or letting me know what you think