The Snake in Disguise- Poem.

THE SNAKE IN DISGUISE

I feel disgusted in myself for allowing him to have every inch of my body heart and soul, 

Without giving me not even one slice of his own.

I feel like I was taken advantage of by warm kind eyes that looked and seemed trustworthy, 

But underneath the crystal clear beauty, lied all lies.

He was a ratchet snake ready to take me for all I have, 

Using me until there was not even an ounce of venom left, 

Running away into the shadows of the unknown, 

Only coming back when he’s running on empty, 

scared and alone.

It’s disheartening to face a reality of ugly truth, 

When something so bad holds your slaughtered heart for ransom as a memorial in their cemetery of loots.

You cry for years hoping and praying to get it back, 

Only to find yourself being fed by the same snake that took your heart and left.

But the pattern will always continue, 

As a snakes markings never change, 

They go on and on in the same phase, 

Leaving you recklessly alone, 

Again and again in the same damn never ending maze.

But I realized that I shouldn’t feel foolish at all, 

Because it was the devil himself trying to get me to fall, 

When all he was doing was asking to me, 

If I was just as dumb as he remembered me to be. 

Turns out I may still be weak, 

But I laugh because this time there’s something he just doesn’t see.

The beauty that lies in the truth will always overcome, 

And this time he’s messed with the wrong one, 

So I’ll just smile and say goodbye,

Because for once in my life I’m not afraid to do it on my own this time.

Written by: Tiffany Bales