Waiting in the Shadows
It waits.
Slithering,
Waiting for me to move
Closer still to those beady eyes
And dripping, poison fangs
Of certain death.
It waits.
Hissing its call,
Noises all around me,
Wondering how many are there
In the shadows, unseen,
Malevolent,
It waits.
With frozen feet
Untamed screams I choke back,
For fear of its discovering
Me standing here.
It waits.
To fool others
Into complacent calm,
Leaving the vicious snake alone
To strike the naive down,
For they don't know
It waits.
(Further Info:
A Cinquain Chain: syllable count 2,4,6,8,6,4,2
Depicts a fear of snakes, or as written in Dune, "Fear is the Mind Killer".
Republished from my original at WDC on 7/13/2006)
Published by Charlene S Noto
Currently resides with her husband and two labs, Max and Molly, in the US Pacific NW. Enjoying both her writing and her quilting, she is learning to live creatively with Multiple Sclerosis. View profile
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