~ ~ ~ The Lion and the Honey ~ ~ ~ (The Riddle of Samson)

What can be sweeter than honey, sir?

(Asked the lion of the man);

Bees collecting from larkspur,

They work as intent as they can.

Building a waxen honeycomb,

Forming a nectarous vat,

Making a nest in their home-sweet-home...

What could be sweeter than that?

What is as strong as a lion?

(Asked the queen bee of the man);

A strength which is equal to iron,

A force to dispel any plan.

Power to challenge his foes ~

An abundance of courage in store;

Puissance from his head to his toes

Endorsed by the might of his roar.

So what could be sweeter than sweet?

Asked Samson to thirty more men;

And when can a lion be beat?

He inquired of the one score and ten.

But if sweeter than honey is love,

With homage, devotion and trust;

The lion's brawn can't be above

The igneous might of man's lust.

                                  ASJ