Indulge
The desire to taste what’s not ours
Published in
Jul 25, 2022
The path is straight ahead, sandwiched in the haze
but remain unfazed.
The serpent strings the stragglers down the stream
to face the temptress, an unwanted fate.
Her face distorted and rotten,
her voice a saving grace,
tugging the weak-willed through the sludge to her stronghold.
She assures sugary sweets to savor,
with each breath she spews sickly sap,
softly purring “indulge”, as if we’re servants,
relenting to her illusion of allure.
The path is straight ahead,
stay vigilant, stay sharp,
for once you’re trapped in her sinister spell
and you indulge,
the path becomes lost.
-Lei
