I Know A Thief Poem by Sylvester Ntumy

I know a thief
An expert in his field, a chief
All day his plan is intense
At night he strikes in all pretence

All that is important he comes to take
Subtle is his craft, as slippery as a snake
Like a shadow, he has ever been around
From dawn to dusk all year round

All he wants I give to him
At his demand, I act on a whim
Ignorant of all the destruction he arrays
My life is a shadow, instead of expected rays

This morning I arose in complete horror
To a realisation of my own lifelong error
For it is I who handed the keys to my keep
To the very thief known as sleep