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Sunday, 12 February 2017

The Moral of the Snake - Poem


The Moral of the Snake
One day, Jaya saw a green snake
Glistening on the grass half awake
She exclaimed "Pretty" let me take you home!"
She took the snake in as Jaya often felt alone

Her friends did warn her not to take in a snake
Saying, "A snake is a snake, it know only to take
Jaya never listened, just happy someone was with her
Soon in time, the snake took over

The palace doors were locked and Jaya's music died
She sat alone with no real friends and often cried
The snake snuffed out the very meaning of life
Now, Jaya tried to throw the snake out
But the snake entwined into her soul like a knife
She could not throw her out, no matter what she did
The snake stuck on, and Jaya lost her grit

After many  years, Jaya became very ill
And the snake never let anyone in
One night, when Jaya was very weak
The snake gave her a venomous bite
 Jaya died without a fight

People know Jaya's life went for a bad swing
When Jaya first let the snake in
The snake kept all the people a-bay
Most of her close friends were thrown away
In death ,a deeper mystery shrouds Jaya today
People realize everything went wrong
When that snake came to stay

If you know it's a snake, never let it in
Or it will stick close to you, skin to skin
And soon keep you in a caged prison
Because if evil  lives in your home too long
In time, it will become a tradition!
By then, it's too late to quell its derision
In time, life fades away as in a vision.


Old Proverb:  A cow drinks water and it turns to milk
A snake drinks water
And it turns to poison 


© Rita Farhat Kurian



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