Seductive Eros,

Respectfully we solicit your counsel..

Your bonds we feel upon our spirits

And accept it as the way of things,

But now you tighten these sweet bonds

And threaten other of your ties

To which we have joyfully given our selves..

Now, when our separateness is consumed in them,

Our naked souls are searched

And found not quite guilty but yet not blameless,

Inciting silent anguish in those we love..

Such cruel pain is not deserved,

Nor can we make understood

The multiple variety of your bonds,

Nor can we conceive, but only feel,

How they rend as well as unite us

With those we love..