N is for the Night You Stole Upon Me

The night you stole up on me
You stole a peace of my soul

The night you stole up on me
And took me in my sleep

You stole a great big chunk of me
And left me with a fear of everyone
Who might ever come near

You left me lacking, paranoid,
Afraid of attack
Constantly glancing back
Over my shoulder
Shrouded, thinner and much, much older

Yet stuck in time, not in limbo
But in purgatory

The night you stole up on me
You left me in shock
While your laughter ran amok

Filling the streets and the town square
Sometimes I still hear it in the night air

But even though you stole
Such years of my life
And such peace from my soul
You could never steal it all

And as wounds heal into scars
I am becoming whole again