A Snake’s Tale

It’s funny how my seams are bleeding
I thought I patched that hole
too well to fail me again
this is so embarrassing

I wish this snake didn’t crave its own tail
this cycle keeps repeating
consumption makes me numb again
the serpent goes on eating

I wish I didn’t make the venom
so when I bite, it won’t kill
I wish I hadn’t drank the poison
thinking someone else would get ill

If this snake didn’t crave its own tail
just one more familiar taste
it’d get its throat slit by a bird’s claw
I wouldn’t want to die that way