Cobra
a hooded snake looks me eye to eye,
death just two feet away,
he sways his head with a warning hiss,
“keep still or you have had your stay!”
he coils his body with a slither,
God had made him that way!
in a conflict of souls he will win,
I should stay still if I am to see another day!
he edges his way towards the door,
still watching me eye to eye,
he seeks an opening with a final hiss,
then quickly slithers away!!
In that brief encounter of man and snake,
he won the battle that day,
in combat would have killed me straight,
but he taught me a lesson in a way,
he chose not to hurt me though he could,
a moral that with me would stay,
He showed more compassion to a man,
than most men would have done that day!
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Written 16/March/2021
Contemplation poetry contest
Craig Cornish sponsored!
Copyright © Krish Radhakrishna | Year Posted 2021
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