This is my love; broken and battered,
This is my love; chained and bound,
This is my love; buried deep within me,
This is my love; never to be found.
This is my trust; shattered and lost,
This is my trust; incomplete and torn,
This is my trust; exposed and beaten,
This is my trust; the object of your scorn.
This is my hope; given up and defeated,
This is my hope; forced out in despair,
This is my hope; the focus of your hatred,
This is my hope; gone, you don't even care.
This is my freedom; stripped, never cleansed,
This is my freedom; never to be known,
This is my freedom; fought for and lost,
This is my freedom; bowed before your "throne".
This is my honor; ignored and turned out,
This is my honor; forgotten and cold,
This is my honor; betrayed and left behind,
This is my honor; and me, you'll never again hold.