Jaded Love: Web With Diminishing Returns

In royal trappings to enthrone A cerebral web with guile did hone With glistening silk strands spun Blithe veil of satin strings did run Silted threads bleeding heart did stun Your mercurial shadow skirted the sun Into your sticky clutches, entranced suitor flew With malice aforethought your hearth did stew Your calculating mind did a duplicitous course hew Strands of lies with frothy coating did imbue A titillating, sensual dance did my writhing senses queue Into your cauldron of charming potions my inhibitions flew Steadfastly clinging to the passions feigned warmth did construe In due course, your chilling ambitions with quantum leaps grew My jaundiced shadow your malevolent mind did rue My penitent feet now trapped in your ethereal milieu Struggled to elude the strings bonded with a gripping glue With panting sighs, tried to escape your clutches; bid you adieu But with a menacing tenacity my broken heart did pursue Until you depleted all my reserves leaving me hopelessly blue Then drained my esteem, and shackled each parting shoe Leaving my lifeless silhouette in the deceitful twines you did brew