The Judas Kiss

 Love is a land
Of chancers and cheats
Of black memories
And the lingering
Smell of smoke
From doused passion

It binds you hand and foot
And breaks you on its wheel
It holds back nothing sacred
But taints everything with bitterness

Love knows your secrets
And doesn’t care
It is a deep nemesis
Of the soul

Plunge in headfirst
If you must
Delight in splashing in
Its azure waters

You will never know
You are diving into a trap
And once the sharks start
Circling about you realize

There is no way out