Hard Candy

Why's it so easy,
To be hurt, then delighted?
Our feelings are so gullible,
And come when uinvited.

But if we become blind,
To our heart, but not our mind,
What have we to gain?
And what is human kind?

For hours on our tongue,
We let hard candy melt,
And let taste overcome,
All the feelings we have felt.

Its sweetness gives us pleasure,
But it leaves us wanting more,
Of the authentic human pain,
​That burns us to our core.