All I See Are Snakes


All I see are snakes in my dreams, 
They wanna bite me, devour me whole. 
I try to take charge but it always ends the same. 
They fill me with poison as I scream "Stay Back!"
Down the same road, I run away. 
 

pbellomo2021

VT

YWP Alumni

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