Is This What Was Meant To Be? Poem by Anita Atina

Coiled in the dark biding time, it lay
T’was not long before the lonely snake
Struck back, releasing deadly venom

Paralysing hope, leaving the victim
Swinging between reality and escape
As life ebbed away

The venom throbbed
In ruby red veins, as the pulsing slowed
Each breath, an escaped sigh

Eyes that didn’t know, anymore
Thoughts that didn’t see, anymore
A voice that would echo

In the void
Forever
Is this what was meant to be?