My bite will render you lifeless
But won't paralyze your mind, body and soul
Like yours did-Creeping slowly into my blood
And put my time on hold

Your skin felt cold and slippery on me
As you consumed every ounce of me with your toxin
You looked like beauty itself but felt icy, like death
For your poison there is no antidote, no vaccine

Eyes glinting like hidden jewels
Their charm blinding me to your slithering
Oblivious to your fangs sinking in my flesh
As you crushed my soul to smithereens

Made me dance
To the low whistle of your breath
I promised myself one day you will dance to my tune
As slowly in the reality I lost faith

For so long I was under your spell
That even my own slow moving death seemed fake
But then when my eyes opened I realised-
It takes a snake charmer to beat a snake.