The Sneaky Snake
POETRY FORMAT, 13 Dec 2021
Dr Usha Roopnarain – TRANSCEND Media Service
It’s easy to be gripped by fear
Sometimes it takes a slithering slimy snake!
Or even the thoughts that we make!
Over the grass, the spotted sneaky snake moves.
The sight of him!
O the terror he proves.
Poisonousness and lethal.
Can he a communist?
I am asking?
Look at his moves- they are so ominous!
Those beady eyes, tapered and scary.
He looks wise and he knows humans are in for an awful surprise!
It’s so easy to tell them lies.
He laughs at their fears and anxiety.
Remember how he whispered to Eve in her ear?
He Possesses the will to fear and immobilise.
Spotted and deadly he moves waiting to paralyse.
Deviously, knowing he won’t be recognised.
His venom can even hypnotize.
He knows how humans overanalyse.
still, he is able to terrorise.
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Dr Usha Roopnarain – Former parliamentarian in the National Assembly of South Africa, social activist and passionate about human rights and gender equality.
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