It's a flame that burns

But offers no heat

A river that flows

Against all desire

A boat that is lost

With no faith to aspire

A dream that entraps

In fear it repeats

A garden with no flowers

No shine or grace

A road that leads forward

But steals the dawn

A dance among thorns

Both sweet and forlorn

A tightening knot

In love's cold embrace

It's freedom locked tight

In a darkened cell

A servant devout

Who chooses the chain

A hand that soothes

While disguising the blade

And how can it sweeten

While causing such pain

Love is unmasked

In the guise of despair

Contrary to all

But it's beating still there

A bridge that collapses

But never will fall

A battle once won

In losing its goal

A war built on peace

So cruel yet whole

A guiding light

That consumes us all

It's freedom locked

Tight in a darkened cell

A servant devout

Who chooses the chain

A hand that soothes

While disguising the blade

And how can it sweeten

While causing such pain

Love is unmasked

In the guise of despair

Contrary to all

But it's beating still there

And even in shadows

Its glow will ignite

A sweet poison

Stealing all sense away

Love is a puzzle

No words can recite

Surrender to mystery

And its disarray

It's freedom locked tight

In a darkened cell

A servant devout

Who chooses the chain

A hand that soothes

While disguising the blade

And how can it sweeten

While causing such pain

Love is unmasked

In the guise of despair

Contrary to all

But it's beating still there