Ordinary Snake When I was walking lonely forest paths I saw serpent crawling towards me Slowly, hissing Watching me with cold empty eyes Serpent What became of you? An ordinary snake in hunt for prey Mindless predator in our paths You, who once made humans of us Giving us the apple Without explaining what to do with all that knowledge You, who by eating your tail Showed us infinity without giving us the tools to travel in it You, who showed us the middle way By splitting yin from yang without telling what was left and right of it Serpent Now alone in this forest I am afraid of you (Cvijaxo june 2009)