Sweet Poison

I know the charm I wear - fragrance as necklace. I'm a strange flower watered by bitter tears. My nectar's sweetness O bee buzzing near, is death with a friendly face! Woo me with sweet romance at a distance - poison my beauty bears. Give no more hope to my fears - I can not survive without tears. My thorns, don't pretend to kiss as a petal. I've stung my admirers- I slay my lovers. Dear bee, avoid my enticing nectar - it is gall. I've felt touched by your love poetry-I may not be kind to tell you my story You and I, flower and bee- bride and groom would be Yet I plead that you should not be drunk with dreams for they can delude. I am the horror tale of every flower and tree. Fly away! The field is full with the sweet and beautiful You deserve no sad fate from a loveless plant. I cry ruefully like an owl "Don't be fooled! Or you'll add up humus beneath me when you depart."