A snake slithers down the French window
I’m barely inches away
And move backward
Stifling a scream
The snake is just living its life
It is but another day
As it seeks shelter from the heat
We humans are in awe and fear
Of serpents
Since they can strike at any time
Strike us dead
But it just slithers away
As if disturbed by all the commotion
All it wants to do
Go its way