What is Mischievous Love?

What is Mischievous Love?

What is mischievous love?

A prankster, it would seem,

Is e'er thwarting someone

With a mischievous scheme.
The mischief that's revealed

Is something done in fun

To one the prankster loves,

Or strangers, just for fun.
A twinkle in his eye

Often gives him away;

Perhaps his deeds or words,

Thus, something he might say.
Harmless mischievous love,

(Or intended to be),

If somehow turns awry, 

Can end in tragedy.
Mischievous love of old

Found often on a shelf,

Regarded as mere play,

By an imp or an elf.

At times, it's Cupid's love

That pierces to the heart,

So deep that in some way

Turns this love into art.