Tantalizing potential, Thieves' touch must be fine, To defeat this top amuser, A cruel joke in pine

When you see headlights on cars, and the sky full of stars. For some a time to party for others a time to sleep. Add a letter and he’s one you’d send when a princess is locked in a keep.

A tower, a spire, red and white Not as a dwelling but still bright It is a store, but not the kind Often easy to find, if you look in the right place It’s big and tall, or low and concealed Used to feed or starve, depends on the definition

A question, a quandary, a quagmire of confusion. I beckon with promise, then twist the illusion. I speak without speaking, I'm seen yet unclear, You’ll chase me for ages - I won’t disappear. What am I, wrapped in riddle and doubt?

though you know me, i’m ordinary i am one deceptive berry not fused together, though we’re friends i’m large enough to fill your hand wars waged by titans in my thrall just pick me up to make a call