Beware of Serpents
Highly venomous
serpents
Here, there and
everywhere in the society
in broods and broods
of huge numbers
Living in the
darkened hidings of the underworld
The most innocent
appearance
and perfect nature,
they bring to
reflection
blinding us to the
sight of the truth
The coil made of
their abnormally phosphorous body
measuring a great
length
In the midst, there
is the shimmering face
gleaming with
luminous, beady eyes,
half closed in trance
of meditation,
the meditation of
stalking
An intensely
poisonous snare their coil is
The pray gets drilled
by their fangs
Yet noticeable to
none of us
is the torturing trap
in that coil of harmless beauty
At the face of anger
with a shrill sizzle
they would make a
noose of themselves
around your neck and
wring it
until vomit comes out
of your mouth,
until your eyes lunge
into the last sleep
These phantom
serpents
with their hungry,
thirsty stomach
which never gets
satisfied
though huge
quantities of food
slip into their cord
like body
Still flickering
their forked tongue
wanting more and more
Deft tricksters for
hoodwinking
Totally apt to the
instant
as if in a fancy
dress parade
Year by year
sloughing their skin
discarding the old
one
So the identification
getting crumpled
Their incurable
sting, if hurts you
befalls the dreadful
birth of another serpent
Or, otherwise, death
will catch you
May be the serpent is
the closest of yours
You will never
perceive the one
till the havoc tumbles
on you,
having been stung by
the very serpent
So, beware of serpents!
Indunil
Madhusankha
Indunil Madhusankha is currently an undergraduate
reading for a BSc Special Degree in Mathematics at the Faculty of Science of
the University of Colombo. Even though he is academically involved with the
subjects of Mathematics and Statistics, he also pursues a successful career in
the field of English language and literature as a budding young researcher,
reviewer, poet and content writer. Basically, he explores the miscellaneous
complications of the human existence through his poetry by focussing on the
burning issues in the contemporary society. Moreover, Indunil’s works have been
featured in many international anthologies, magazines and journals.
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