Riddles

 From my new book obsession…

There are those who seek me a lifetime

but never we meet,

And those I kiss but who trample me

beneath ungrateful feet.

At times I seem to favor the clever and 

the fair,

But I bless all those who are brave

enough to dare.

By large, my ministrations are soft-

handed and sweet,

But scorned, I become a difficult beast

to defeat.

For though each of my strikes lands a 

powerful blow,

When I kill, I do it slow…

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas