Time.

The thief that takes,

Through tedious tolls.

Tempts the tortured to trust,

Then turns them to toil.

Trapt through trauma,

Testing their temperament.

They tell time to

Tumble to their tune.

Tick to their tock,

Tilt time to their truth.

This tricks them to theorize

That they tell time.

Thus time takes,

Then time tells.