The Serpent

I am the one who once traveled by flight and foot And now I slither around on my round-body My tongue has always been and still is split in half In my first stage of life my speeches consisted of fire-bursts, ice-shards, smoke rings, and whirling-wild-winds Now my speeches are speedy rollings-of-the-tongues and a-spitting venom-filled saliva Horned was I back in the days after I had hatched out of my egg Now my mushroom-like head consists of my eyes, my nostrils, and my ears Once I had massive teeth to help me emasculate my food And now I must swallow all of my food whole Many primitive cultures have used me as a symbol for both good and evil I symbolize the Morning Star, and have been blessed with many different names Nevertheless, I am worshiped by many cultures of mankind as a powerful being I am the Light-Bringer, and the Knowledge-Bringer to mankind and am similar to Prometheus I seduced Eve to bite the apple in order that she may have knowledge and become like Yahweh I am also Quetzalcoatl, the revered sky god of the Aztecs Without the symbolism that mankind has placed upon me I am nothing more than a plain reptile