Mysterious Serpent Poem by Felipe Gastão

That desert seemed to have no end. I have been walking for days and sleepless nights in search of some oasis, where I could clean the wounds caused by the inclement sun, and quench my thirst. It was an uncertain walk, I coud not see, the intense light blured my eyes, and the pitch of the night made me go adrift. I had no delirious visions. I felt the every cruelty of that scorching desert, I could not resign myself to it. The pain is not attractive to me, i desperately run away from it. Hopelessness, I beg to God for death, I layed down on the burnig sand, and waited anxiously the sun to burn my entire body. The diying is painful, but I was willing to endure the worst pain to end forever with it. Suddenly, from the subsoil, a really disgusting and nauseous snake emerged, but with a beautiful and seductive voice. ' Do you want to quench your thirst? '; , 'Yes, do you know any oasis nearby? , I asked. ' How naïve you are. You still did not understand that a tiny part of our desires is satisfied? Even more with regard to numbness, the most valuable and desired aim. I know where you can find it. It makes us feel completely satisfied. Not only will your thisrt be quenched.'.' Are you the servant of that place'I asked.' No, I am the queen', ' But how can it be, you are so disgusting' ' Mind your words, nice young man, otherwise i may fall in love with you. Never treat me with contempt, i f this happens, i will certainly kill you. I fall in love violently by whom that despises me. Love is always for me a painful and obsessive slavery. Then, I kill my lovers. Obsessions of love disappear with the most troubling madness, the one that takes away our ability to love. I prefer to kill my lovers to never more fall in love. Hurry up, I still have to listen to flatter, empty and dry poetry that my beautiful creatures do in my honor'. I followed her. Hell, suddenly became a paradise. The beauty is really a drug.' It was me who created this little paradise' Said the snake in tone of disappointment. The contrast of her uglyness to the beauty surrounding us yurned her unbearably horrendous.'How could you have been the architect of this Eden? You are so disgusting '.' Careful, I am starting to fall in love with you. It is an obvious question: who lived in misery, certainly can design the most noble works. The opposite doen not happen. Captive of their palaces the gifted have no idea about misery, unless they come to have contact with it'. I was impresses by the most beautiful bird, that was the most devoted to the serpent, and received back cruel yawns and contempt.' Why do you devote her so much attention? She is disgusting, and you are sublime'I said. 'I am eternally grateful to her for having created me, I am very happy' told me sadly. 'It is strange to see the beauty serving ugglyness, it seems prostitution. Apart from that, the beauty here is false, the beautiful creatures have plagued, and melancholia eyes ' I said. 'How naïve you are, do not you realize that the truth is an utopia. And tell me, what can one do with beauty other than selling it to any trader of ornaments? ' he replied me. 'How are you feeling, young man? ' Asked me the snake. 'Worse than in the desert. There my boddy suffered, here it is my soul who feels pain. I despise you, you are the most cruel of the creators, treat your creatures with outrageous indifference, who in turn has no alternative other than this morbid place. Not even the right to die was given to them. 'Oh, nice young man, I shall I kill you at once, but do not worry, my poison kills in a soft, pleasant and painless way. You will go trough a pleasant delusion until your heart stops. After that, I wish you good luck' The boat was precise, my death was peaceful and painless. I wish I could have had the opportunity to thank that mysterious, and intriguing serpent.