The rippling snake who once chained me has left me to my fate
There was a time when I called out for you,
As I was trying to escape.
But the serpent curled tighter around my ankle,
Shackling me to the ground.
I tried to scream and reach for you,
but could never utter a sound.
My strength was gone and mind was weary
When I felt the serpent leave.
I laid there with an enduring hope that he wouldn't come back for me.
I got up to leave and cried out in pain
When I saw you standing there
The snake around your waist.
He wrapped you up from ankle to neck
You had no plan of escape.
I cried for you and ran to your side,
But you had yet to be afraid.
I ran from you and tried to think that maybe even a serpent can change.
Day after day you grew weaker
As the snake constricted your middle.
I gave up hope and thought to myself that I would have rather it have been me
God forbid that I had led him to you with all of my meager pleas.
Misery shook me as I walked my own way,
Guilt like a knife cutting through.
Years later I came up to a woman that looked much like you.
I ran and found that your heart still could beat,
The serpent had relinquished you too.
I could only cry as I marveled at our lives,
Tortured but resilient too.
Alive we fight those who hinder our dreams
Dead we will see them through.
For today, I am rejoicing to see you renewed.
