beware

[ftatateeta]

I am

ever-lasting
ever-changing

I am the amoeba
silently cruising
through your system
you don't feel me
yet you shake

I am the bat
silently landing
in your hair
you don’t see me
yet you scream

I am the snake
silently slithering
across your feet
you see me
you feel me
you turn to ice
with panic

I am the bear
nuzzling your throat
near the carotid
fondly whispering
you smile and succumb
to my embrace

I am

ever-changing
ever-lasting

beware

[Lee Berta]

When I try to summarize it, nature makes itself more and more noticeable. The animals (amoebas aren't really animals, but however) are getting bigger and deadlier. Nature is ever-changing and ever-lasting and in the end always the winner. I like the message and the poem as it is.

Greetings,
Lee

[ftatateeta]

Zitat von Lee Berta

nature makes itself more and more noticeable

That, yes. Bur also: the LI changes masks all the time, disguising him/herself, being most dangerous when sweet-talking instead of being silent. All the more reason to be wary whom you succumb to.
Thankyou, Lee Berta, for reading and commenting.

LI
ftatateeta

[Ilka-Maria]

Zitat von ftatateeta

... the LI changes masks all the time, disguising him/herself, being most dangerous when sweet-talking instead of being silent. All the more reason to be wary whom you succumb to.

In the hero's journey, those appearances are referred to as "tricksters". It's not common to give them, at the samte time, the part of the protagonist. Therefore, I think that the real protagonist of the poem is the person the trickster is apporaching.

[Lee Berta]

Zitat von Ilka-Maria

I think that the real protagonist of the poem is the person the trickster is apporaching.

That's an interesting point. I felt the same when reading it, because the LI is nature itself, so not a person. I was made the LI and nature spoke to me, that's what I felt.

Greetings,
Lee