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The Lament

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Love, the traitorous thief, who abandoned me in the midst of plenty. As I gaze upon the darlings of another, parading before me on the pavement, I am lost in the sea of faces. 

I seek refuge behind my mask, my face a veil for the pain that love has wrought upon me. 

Oh love, why have you left me alone amidst the crowd, suffocating in my solitude, yearning for a way to escape the prison of my own heart?

Let me disappear into the masses, where I can hide from your relentless torment.


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