Nagas

By:Shelbi Henny

on the shutters 
stained a serpent 
swirling the character 
of willowed despair
curling next to brick
and stone
separating the essence 
of contentment 
we wither 
arguing over minimus
resolutions
and meanings that hold 
deeper infatuation
and cursing us into unions 
that slowly eat at a center
of our darkest core
while a snake seats at our door
slithers at our doorstep
camps at our porch
while we stand on principles 
that mask the divine truth 
that we should no longer sign 
and miss the deceit 
we both created 
we both endured 
we both manipulated 
yet i was simple and unsure
alone 
yet you toyed with others 
creating blankets of poisonious 
copperheads, coral, and water snakes
that slowly seep into the cracks
of the walls 
a nest of cobras