Like the adder,I would shed my skin
Extravagant ,new painted colours bright
Then I’d live with snakes,my new true kin
In my wavey life, emotions run
Tempting only other snakes in sight
Like the adder,I would shed my skin
No arms to hug, no bosom,but much fun
Wriggling my whole body in sunlight
Feeling one with snakes,my new true kin
Once such transformation has begun
We cannot ride the wind like children’s kites
Like the adder,we would shed our skin
All other needs must for this be foregone
Change and breed, for all must hibernate
Then dwell with snakes in burrows where sun’s dim
In the frozen winter,sleep all night
Sleep all day and live without love’s rites
Like the adder,we should shed much skin
The endings of the nerves , life’s origin
