Unexpected Guest

Love was an unexpected guest -
They dressed the table finely,
They placed the food and wine, and
She came without behest:

They said she was not real,
They said she was a demon,
And all these things, so deeming
They thought would be their will:

The heart was with them, wise and kind,
Psychology and science
And grappling with the lions
Was the unconscious mind:

And then - what do they know?
Through back door she appeared
Without worry or fear
The passion to bestow:

In one hand, rose; and knife in
Another - wise, conditioned,
In death throbs of ambition
Dissolved in vintage wine:

How could it be? They wondered so,
They thought she was refuted
With logic undisputed -
Where did that logic go?

Why did this guest appear?
They thought her nonexistent
They thought they were resistant
To passion and to fear:

What was her name? Who was she?
No time: Here is she aiming
At them - no time for taming
She's coming right at me:

With knife with which they cut their pies
She stabbed me, and I thanked her,
And then became just like her
And was set free from lies.