The Vipress

My scales are stars gleaming in the water. My body is the river you cannot cross. I am massive. I am the moon. I will not shrink or shirk away the love you made me fearful of. I shed this skin you once peppered with adoration. I’m perhaps larger, but more beautiful, more powerful than before. I am without you. I am not fashioned of your rib, no, it’s parthenogenesis; I birthed my own self. I never needed you or the silver words of deceitful lips. I am the decider of destiny. I am not afraid. I’m oiled with venom of my own. I am God. I rule this life and you cannot take my garden away from me.