Insidious

ashan1614 on Mar 16, 2011

Tags: beguile, deceive, deception, Flattery, Forked tongue, Garden of Eden, insidious, mislead, serpent, snake, trickery

Insidious

–adjective
1. intended to entrap or beguile (influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead)
2. stealthily treacherous or deceitful
3. operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect.

As beguiling as the serpent in Eden you came

Every phrase, carefully chosen

You knew what I needed to hear

Luring me into your nest

With sweet words and assurances

About how much you cared

I was the woman of your dreams

How you loved me, you swore

As I surrendered my heart and soul

Later to hand over my checkbook

To support you in a lifestyle

You could not afford

Having me trapped in your coils

You squeezed until I was gasping

For breath my reserves depleted

At last I saw the forked tongue

Just before you slithered away

Taking my pride with you

How foolish I felt as you moved on

To your next feeding ground

A younger version of myself

She seems, but I know her well

She is more cunning than you

And a fearless hunter of men

Leaving her own lifeless victims

Along a trail of molted skin

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Comments (19)

atta muhammad on Mar 16, 2011
nice post friend
OhSugar on Mar 16, 2011
Enjoyed reading this poem.
tanny15 on Mar 16, 2011
nice share
Gail Cavanaugh on Mar 16, 2011
I get the message!
Sourav on Mar 16, 2011
Hmm… nice write!
elnavann on Mar 16, 2011
Beautiful poem – I like the flow and simplicity of your words
Val Mills on Mar 16, 2011
Oooh, is he going to get what he deserves? Very well written, you held me the whole way through.
Sunjhini on Mar 16, 2011
touching write. nice share
Jerry Bradford aka Jerry Atrixx on Mar 17, 2011
Some of your best work. Great stuff here.
CHIPMUNK on Mar 17, 2011
great read liked it
Jimmy Shilaho on Mar 17, 2011
I am very good at English, or so I think but had to ponder and ask myself what the title meant. Luckily for me, you had the definition there below the title. Should I take it that this is a personal experience or maybe you are speaking for every woman out there. Anyway, its a painful thing for anyone to go through, friend or foe and I hate to imagine how overwhelming it could be. Nice write, very powerful, the engineer getting the better of the poet.
T. S. Lewis on Mar 18, 2011
You flipped the game around with this one. Nothing like Karma.
Oversoul on Mar 18, 2011
woww…beautiful…I love the flow of this poem…beloved, you’ve had my attention from the day I joined this site, and you’ll continue to have my attention.
ashan1614 on Mar 18, 2011
@Val: He will definitely get his come-uppance.
@ Jimmy: I have been through something similar, but the price I paid wasn’t monetary as it is with some women.
@T.S.: Karma is so sweet when you see it applied to those who have hurt you.
@Oversoul: I am humbled by your words.
V rank on Mar 19, 2011
The words are simply beautiful and yet powerful.
happydoodlegirl on Mar 23, 2011
your poem has a certain flow to it..amazing..ty for sharing
sanataryal on Mar 23, 2011
Wow,wonderful lines,amazing theme.Love it.
mikailahmayhem69 on Apr 26, 2011
You are an excellent writer. Pure natural talent. Write a book of poems and I’ll buy it !
ashan1614 on Apr 27, 2011
@mikailahmayhem69 – Funny you should mention that. I do have a recently published book of poems. It is available at:

http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookSearchResults.aspx?Search=Andrea%20Shannon

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