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If you only knew
Who I was before you
You’d know the meaning of black and white
A life without color or beauty
A world forever shrouded in gray

If you only knew
Who I was before you
You’d know the meaning of silence
A life without music or rhyme
A world forever haunted by emptiness

If you only knew
Who I was before you
You’d know the meaning of sleep
A life without dreams or fantasy
A world forever locked in nightmares

If you only knew
Who I was before you
You’d know the meaning of loneliness
A life without being loved or needed
A world forever surrounded by pain

If you only knew
Who I was before you
You’d know the meaning of existing
A life without living or feeling
A world forever imprisoned by death

If you only knew
Who I am with you
You’d know the meaning of living
A life with endless meaning and emotion
A world that in no way could exist without you

- L.C., 2001, revised 2008 (To see this now reminds me of the harsh reality... it's scary to think who I was before I met you... was I anything or anyone at all? I think not...)