the serpents scales
drifting, sliding, covering
the twinkling, seeking eyes peeking down
upon my bare restless body
a gathering up of light
to cast it forth over my head
and thrown out into night
a tail that has no end
a song that slithers so
a blackened maze of midnight
cut away softly with no teeth
by a gentle plume
and an edgeless wreath
were I to dive up and away
into those illumined eyes
left only to look upon, to leave behind
that vast shelter where I lay
would I give away anything
and continue this drifting sway?
this serpent continues its passing
in a bloodless slither,a soft belay
opaque faces along his belly
with clear eyes that never stir
peering down from that endless vault
changing shapes that never were
~DM
David McGough "מקוםנכון" Uncertain
- 15 years, 3 months, 23 days ago