Thief's Torture
Why is the heart trapped? 
Why does the soul weep? 
What ensnares our thoughts 
And takes from us our sleep? 

The mind reels in confusion, 
The heart in waves of pain. 
Thoughts that sear our minds 
We fight against in vain. 

Ensnared in love so binding 
We think of little else. 
Entrapped in pain so wholesome 
Our love for life melts. 

On a roller coaster ride 
Through the universe of our thoughts 
We fly with desire 
And fight against our loss. 

What force is it that takes us 
Into voids we do not know? 
What force is it that traps us 
And brings forth the pain we show? 

Why do we love 
Against all rational thought? 
Why do we love 
When we know but pain comes naught? 

What force is it that binds us 
To pain we hide so well? 
What memories awaken 
And take us to this hell? 

Why did you do it? 
What made you be so cruel? 
What evil made you do this? 
A scripture, or a rule? 
What takes me from my happiness? 
What makes me feel this pain? 
What takes from me my loneliness 
And brings to me this shame? 

Where did you throw it 
My friend, dear love, dear thief? 
Where went my heart? 
When came this poisoned leaf? 

Of joy and life I've memories 
Dear to me, though few. 
Memories of me, 
And, dear thief, of you. 

Why can't I fight? 
What makes me feel so weak? 
Life was so much easier 
When only I did it seek. 

What I give you is my life 
Which you carry upon your sleeve. 
Why did you enter? 
Why do I not leave? 

This love I feel flows one way 
On a giant two-way street. 
You take from me my mind 
And only make me weep. 

Empty is the heart 
I fight against in vain. 
Which, dear thief, is better - 
The emptiness? 
Or the pain?