The Eternal Serpent of Eden

I skim across the surface

Leaving no trace

Making no sound

skim across it

no trace

no sound

I curl and sweep

Gliding on grace to make my advance

A tang fills the air

I slither through the darkness

Seeking the heady source

curl and sweep and glide

make the advance

tang in air

slither through darkness

Steel ribbons laced between bone

Molten iron pumps

The machine drums a beacon

Venom pools in my cheeks

My glinting eyes wide

steel and ribbon and lace in bone

molten iron, pump pump

machine, drum drum

venom, drip drip

prey, hunger, victim

So sweet is the taste of the fruit forbade

Fresh off the branch

Fresh off the stem

Unblemished

Unsullied

Untainted

Teeth rip through skin

Rot begins to set in

Sweet turns to sour in a fruit once tasted

sweet sweet

fresh

fresh

clean

pure

bite, rip, tear

rotten

tainted apple

Sipping the nectar

Poison souring the taste

Life’s essence ripped away

Husks cast aside

nectar, drank

taste, soured

spirit, taken

(body, dumped)

A fleeting feat

Flesh fades fast

Rot begins to sink in

Stolen seeds hidden under peeling skin

fading fast

flesh rotting

innocence stolen

A thirst that burns the throat

An endless chase

A hunger never satisfied

A foolish quest

A fruitless pursuit

fools

fools

fools

I lay in waiting

Without a breath

Without a sound

Another shell left behind

Ruses stirring in my mind

i am the trickster

Honey dribbling between your fangs

Gluttony blinding your eyes

As you yearn for the sweet forbidden

your teeth are showing dog

Eyes locked on the prize

An ache grows in my gums

The hunter becomes the hunted

Fruit satisfies a different type of hunger

I prefer the taste decay

So sweet i smell

So tasty i look

So sumptuous I feel

I caress the rotting fruit

My body is silk

A brush swirling through paint

My claws drawing shudders

Hooks sinking into skin

Entangled in my essence

Ensnared in my ambiance

Eager prey submits so willingly

Heat rising

Cheeks flushing

…its utterly hopeless…

Brain tingling

Toes curling

…completely powerless…

Grip tightening

Breast heaving

…sweet ecstasy…

My spell is cast

My clouds replace the air

Mindlessly engulfed in tides of velvet

The scent of decay fills my nose

The toxic smoke fills your lungs

Depleting the air

Depriving my prey

...wrapping...

...squeezing...

...tightening...

Hiding in the darkness

Draining in the shadows

I drink in my prey

Lapping up the poisoned nectar

Acid dribbling down my chin

Unable to move

Unable to speak

Screaming beneath the surface

Horror flooding the eyes

Shooting stars shift the cosmos

One sky darkening

Another brightening

But this doesn’t taste quite right

This isn’t the flavor I seek

My eyes can tell no difference

But my tongue remembers

it remembers the taste

Locked within the darkness

Cast out of Eden

I taste them one by one

Sucking out the poison

Cleansing the landscape

Time shifts

And so do I

Transforming

Searching

Seeking

death

revenge

vengeance

The first bite

The first soured fruit

The first to rot

The cage of bone

The maker of life

The master of all

The place where it all began

I skim across the surface

Leaving no trace

Making no sound

But do I really remember his taste?

blood

blood

blood