Snakes

You come across them

At a young age I was taught

To beware of snakes

Thinking it was just the serpents

There's more to what I thought

They're everywhere and anyone

It's something to tear you down

Plotting evil against you and I 

A snake brought down Adam and Eve

Its sneaky tongues soothed

The serpent wooed the prey

To watch as they fell away 

God came and told them

Let me teach you something

About snakes

They cross your path

They seek to destroy

Be wary of their intentions

It's always a cruel ploy

As I grew, I began to learn

Most snakes are you and I

They're people we trust

Ones set to see us burn

My dad once told me 

While in the hills of Wyoming

Watching the pieces of his life

Crumble down to dust 

Son, Let me teach you something

About snakes

They cross your path

They seek to destroy

Be wary of their intentions

It's always a cruel ploy

Snakes bite and squeeze

Slither in the grass

Cowards seeking for themselves

Sometimes hard to see

Sometimes spotted with ease

Let me teach you something

About snakes

They cross your path

They seek to destroy

Be wary of their intentions

It's always a cruel ploy

On the ranch they hide

My path they cross

Not afraid, but unprepared

I told the boss

I'll carry this gun for the snakes

He told me 

Watch and be prepared

They can look harmless

But never trust them

Let me teach you something

About snakes

They cross your path

They seek to destroy

Be wary of their intentions

It's always a cruel ploy

Reviews

[Red Brick Keshner]

Straight for the jugular. At first I was preparing to read about an Attenborough-ish nature poem but was quite pleasantly surprised as the poem opened and meandered through several serpentine sub-themes. This was a pleasure to read, J.F. What stood out to me most were the "ones set to see us burn," which meant for me that not only is it a ploy of theirs for us/you to burn but also to witness the process, probably with soda and popcorn in hand. But that's just me. Thanks for sharing. /Frederick.

[J. F. Charleston]

Thanks bud! This was my first piece in a long while and probably at the peak of my emotions lately. Dealing with the aftermath of people that sought to destroy me and watching a rattler slither by me that day, it just hit me. I started it and had an idea of where to go with it. I wish the original version I had written wasn’t randomly deleted because the page refreshed, I think it did better on the themes. Anyway the point is there and brought to light in different ways. Thanks for the review and kind words.

[Red Brick Keshner]

Hate it when that happens, blasted technology. But yes, I feel that the point came through as you have clarified with the back story. Thanks again. /Rik.

[Coyote Poetry]

In my time in the Army. Pretty snakes and pretty spiders. The most deadly.
"He told me
Watch and be prepared
They can look harmless
But never trust them"
I agree with the above lines. Many snakes waiting for us to become weak. Thank you my friend for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote