Pain With No Gain

They all took a piece Never asked Never cared Just take take and take They took a piece of her today too This one was more to the right A bigger size They all take pieces Eventually there will be no more they’ll move to another part Until there’ll be no more of her She wasn’t awful or dreadful Only misfortunate So there I saw her with missing pieces There I saw her I saw her cry He took another piece A new kind of piece No longer hers, now Everyone is taking a piece She’ll soon be left with none There goes one Follows another Piece by piece She’s not herself Piece by piece Why won’t they stop Piece by piece No one would help He didn’t She couldn’t They wouldn’t There she was lost and cold Maybe that dusty book on the shelf can Maybe He can Piece by piece She read through it She laid it down A little peace A lot of guilt A good book but maybe another time There’s no help for her.