When one you know is taken so,
their body stolen, bartered, sold,
their soul no more the one you know,
a friend's warm heart grown hard and cold.

They try their hardest to decieve,
they cover up and carry on.
But though you fear what you believe,
truth slowly dawns: Your friend is gone.

All that went to form a friend,
the secrets shared, the battles fought,
it comes to fast and final end,
this sudden stranger knows you not.

You see then what has been concealed,
such chilling shock, that dread surprise,
when utmost horror is revealed:
A stranger looks through friendly eyes.