Love. That tempting ***** At once giving and snatching away All that is known And all that could be had She laughs at my pleas I want it all and she knows this Mocking and unyielding She gives me a fleeting taste Of the joy I have craved for so long Before again receeding her gift Like the drawback of a tsunami tide I am then sinking and breaking Under the weight of her And all that she encompasses And all that she ever could Our mistress, maiden, mother, crone, Cruel as the devil And twice as pretty