Torn

I feel like I've been cheated

Conned away from your embrace

Distracted by my many tasks

From gazing at your face

Money rules my life my love

But cannot own my heart

Yet diligence, my constant bane

Keeps us ever apart

Your eyes are worth more

Than my weekly stipend

Your touch and your warmth

Bring about tension's end

I work hard everyday

Burning down the constant hours

Until my time is done

And their time will now be ours