Before / After

And then when I felt like I had to look for a door,
I took the second one I came across ..
Never knew what lay the other side,
I could have been greeted with frost ..

I wasn't running away,
I wasn't hiding the facts ..
I had a choice,
I could have ended up with the rats ..

The room was bright,
Not a rat in sight ..
Don't know why I felt so light,
But I was sure it felt right ..

And then there you were,
Like a fire to my grief ..
Before you, it was stuffy emptiness,
After you, it has been life ..