Snake

 

Snake

Jennifer Pickup, 22.10.2025

 

There is a snake, here in the grass, 

A friendly snake, it smiles and laughs -

With skin as smooth as silken thread,

And pretty patterns on its head.

 

I ignored warnings in my mind

That it may be the poisonous kind -

I was not careful what I said,

And now, the snake, it starts to shed. 

 

So here I am holding the skin

The snake has left, an ugly thing -

It burns my hands, it burns my heart,

Why did I not see at the start?

 

Its whispering venomous tongue,

Poisons the ears of all who come -

Its fangs have pierced my fragile skin,

The pain uncurls right from within.

 

Oh, do not trust, beware the snake!

Your paradises it will break -

We’re taught this from an early age,

Eve gracing every Bible‘s page.

 

Like Eve, I have been taken in,

The snake has tainted me with sin -

Both love and like have turned to hate,

The snake believes it’s sealed my fate.

 

The snake is clever, it is sly,

It doesn’t hesitate to lie -

It takes the truth and twists it round,

It tries to pin me to the ground.

 

The snake believes that it has won,

Thinks that it’s the dominant one -

It wraps its coils around me tight,

And tries to crush me with its might.

 

But here under the midnight sun,

Shine snake’s true colours one by one -

Peel back the layers and you’ll see,

There is no snake that can hurt me!

 

There is a snake, here in the grass,

An evil snake, it chose its path -

It picked the wrong Eve to attack,

And now there is no turning back.