Note A Serpent Sings Not Only To Eve Poem by Mark Heathcote

Note a serpent sings not only to Eve
What fire spark governs your heart?
Note the stars don't only shine for you.
What desire aches too far from reach?

But calls pull you like wool on a spool.
Winds you into a moth-like dance
What sand-dune moves you to change?
Change position without endless alarm.

I'd-like to be like you, so carefree
Happy, when-I'm alone but I'm-not.
I'd-like to be reverenced like priests:
But I'm at a loss at each spiteful cost.

Does every relationship end in flames?
Turn to ashes with a trail of equal disgrace
Does every kiss taste of serpents scales?
Dead bodies' ashen pale go without collection.