The Snake

it’s passing like a heavy snake moving across my body

I just have to lay very still and let it slither from my toes to skull and past

it’s the scariest when its face meets my face but during the peak of terror is when I know I’ll feel the most relief immediately after, and this is what ignites the perseverance

Breathing, letting it all pass

Letting the weight ground me

Everything is exactly as it needs to be

everything is my teacher and I am always listening

even when I don’t want to

Even when it creates internal schisms to resolve

Even when I don’t like myself because my schisms feel messy and intangible

Even when I think others don’t like me because my schisms are so glaringly obvious to my sight

I need every bit of it to become my potential

And that’s why the snake is here

thank you