Incredible image or magnificent mirage
Of resurrection and rebirth,
Sensual, sinuous Snake,
Once, you showed us the path
Out of the Garden, unblinking,
Clear truth and knowledge.
Charming serpent, so feared by many
Your goodness lost during our
Traumatized contemporary lives
Filled with a deadly pandemic and the
Horrific presidency of a monster.
You, Snake, are not such a reptile
As he (and his supporters)
You who predates just to eat and survive
Not just to bully or harm
Not like this preening, blathering
Traumatized human being
Who needs the camera and all
Of our attention to make him feel.
Sensing and slithering Snake,
You shake us into our souls
Your energy so appealing
As you slide secretly inside, burrowed so
Deeply, underneath organs and arteries
Full of Grandeur and Grace.
Snaking your delight around and
Through all of the chakras of
These blessed bodies of ours,
Kundalini being one of your names,
You inspire and aspire
To be just who you are, Snake.
You coil up to rest or before you strike
And, when you let go and blow through,
Your excitement and hot juices
Flow like water from a firehose
Blasting open everything in your path.
Oh, sacred Snake,
You are
I am
We are
One
Mesmerize me while you
You wrap around and through
Squeezing me until I cannot breathe
And only then do you charge forth
Obliterating false gods and wickedness.
Thank you, Protective Snake,
You shed your skin so that we might live while
Teaching us to shed our skins, reeking of anxiety and fright
Growing new skins that smell of sweetness and light.
Swallow us whole, oh Guardian of our gates,
Create us in your image
Release yourself upon this world
Showing us how to shift and change
So that we can evolve into
Safe, gorgeous gardens for this earth,
For Air, for Water,
For Plants, for Sun and Rain and
Moons and Stars, for the ground
Upon which we walk, and for the
Fire that keeps on burning.
Transmute our rage, our despair and our sorrow
Into a Love that knows no bounds,
So that our eyes can be wide open once again.
Bless us all, dear Snake,
Mix us into your alchemy for
Healing and compassion,
We need you now.
