Subdued Light
How often have I asked
why did you enter my life?
I was happy, even if in isolation.
You felt that I should share.
Do not birds share their seeds?
Do not fish swim in shoals?
We were not meant to live
on an island all alone.
So you stole my heart,
I gave it willingly.
Purloining my volition,
like a besieged city, I ceded possession.
Now I find my heart is ripped apart.
There's no refuge for me but to succumb.
Why can't you for once speak the truth?
Confess, I do not mind.
Tell me you care for another,
as birds mate with whomsoever they like,
while fish seem indifferent to each other.
Yet I am neither bird nor fish.
Since I cannot win, I simply pray:
tell me the truth and let me be.
Let me live in isolation once again,
at least there was some subdued light then.
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