The Snare

Why should I care?

Turning away from a young girl’s stare

Everyone one I loved no longer there

Is there even any love left to spare?

Why should I care?

You left me in total despair

I remember the gray streak in your black hair

Transforming my world into a nightmare,

Why should I care?

Is there any love left anywhere?

Does this world have any sympathy left to spare?

Sister, do you have any love to share?

I had this dream of another world

I was living there as each moment unfurled

There I had another life and another chance

Another shot at romance,

Then the light came through the shades

My private world fell victim to a raid

Alas, what is dreamed of must be made

Every law of the universe obeyed,

Where did my dream world go?

Upon me a new life had been bestowed

Where I had love as good as gold

Where I was never afraid of growing old,

Oh, Lord what had you done?

It was all taken away and I was stunned

As if by the death throes I had been summoned

Because in the world of the living I’m shunned,

Why should I care?

From this height from which I stare

I never should have but I took the dare

And planted my foot solidly in the snare.