Complete poem: Human Nature - Is it human nature to desire forbidden fruit, to hunger for a blossom so obsessed with passion that we forget the pain, which inevitably arises once we tease ourselves with the thought of it or taste a tiny part of it, and it becomes the predator eating at us like a carnivore that saves the head for last, savouring the brain to feed its own, and we, still craving illicit nectar, enjoying the fact that it is devouring us? - C. J. Grant Question: 'It becomes the predator' means

1. strong emotions influence one negatively
2. pursuit of happiness
3. being cautious against outside influences
4. being strong and positive against any threat