It’s dark outside.

The world slumbers, all too comfortable to wake up, yet.

Some like you though, battle the waves of sleepiness for they have work to attend to.

Work, even if it’s still dark outside.

You grab your phone to just stop the incessant ringing.

I’m up, damnit.

You sit up as the world returns to blissful silence.

The cozy moment lingers for a second, when your face is hit by sharp air.

Shivering slightly, you rub your hands together to warm the frozen digits.

Time to get up.

You get out of bed, even as your entire body protests against it.

Quietly, you pad into the kitchen to put on a pot of tea.

The tea boils as you sluggishly go through your daily activities.

Pouring the tea into your favorite mug, you sit down for a moment.

Cradling the mug with both hands, you allow its warmth to seep into your fingers.

And for a while, it’s just you and the warm mug of tea– as you steal a few peaceful moments before the chaotic day begins...

Did you know you can actually hear your heart break..?

(Oh heart of mine, why do you always hurt me so..?So much more than you'll ever know..)

That you'll do whatever--even call for death--to dull the ache..

(The pain you inflict on me deranges, each shatter brings my mind to closer to lunacy..

My soul you leave at death's door, scarred to the bone by this treacherous agony..)

I never knew; until I met you..

Did you know that falling in love is a temporary insanity..?

That your entire world crumbles when you come back to reality..

(I wish I could just break down and cry and cry, till my heart feels restored and content..

But you need me to suffer, and what greater suffering is there than rivers of tears, unshed..?)

I never knew; until I met you..

Did you know that you can die a thousand deaths and somehow still breathe..?

That nothing at all--not even sleep--brings any solace or reprieve..

(I don't think I can stand this torture for much longer..

With each passing second, this weakness in me keeps getting stronger..)

I never knew; until i met you..

Did you know that deception lies in every corner, waiting to attack..? 

That once your innocence is destroyed.. you can never get it back..

(Death calls sweetly from the shadows; urging me to give in, tempting me to nothingness...

But deep down I know it lies, it only wants to devour my soul; I know you're not supposed to yearn for the blasphemous..)

I never knew; until I met you..

Did you know that unshed tears burn a hole in the very core of your being..?

That you can smile to the world, while every nerve in your body is violently screaming..

(I keep trying to tell myself that this pain is just temporary and tomorrow the sun might shine bright..

But this heartache is so crippling that no matter how hard I try, I cannot see past this dark, gloomy night..)

I never knew; until I met you..