I always loved snakes

Until I woke up with one

In my bed

Slithering around in my head

Leaving me for dead....

I don’t recall the moment it happened

Just

Moments when I realized

I was no longer the same.

I no longer crumbled

When men cursed my name

Out of the blue

Tears no longer

Stained my sheets....

I want to get lost in the woods

living freely the way that I should

I’m not sure how I would survive

But at least I would feel alive....

I have never felt so small

And that’s okay

I could sail away

And not many would notice

I could start a new life

Live many lives over time

And still not many

Would blink an eye

And when I die

They will have wished for

More time

Rather than

Letting days slip by

Without a single “hi”

I have never felt so small

And that’s okay

I don’t want to be drooled over

Anyway

I just wish to be

Visible

Not a...

Yesterday it rained

Staining my windowsill

I watched the droplets

Trickle to the bottom

Pretending

They were racing

And that each

Held a wish.

“I wish to move out.”

“I wish to graduate.”

“I wish for a car.”

It all seemed so trivial

In the moment

But I knew it one

Was important

And they would all

Come true....