You were the Apple of my eye
But your core began to rot.
I wanted a taste of you
And poison is what I got.

At one point in life,
This is what I dreamt of.
I thought it all made sense.
So why am I here
Peering over the fence?

If you look over the fence
And happen to see,
That your neighbours grass
Looks as green as can be,
Don’t find yourself full of envy
And wish it be gone,  
Instead, water and nurture the very grass
That you are standing on.

Then snake was always you.
And the irony is,
I shed my skin
And left you.

Mum would say,
‘Don’t wish your life away.
It’s always I can’t wait for this
And I need to hurry for that’,
And suddenly years have passed by
All in a flash.
I should have listened,
Time wasn’t mine to bide.
Life is not about the destination
but the glory of the ride.

I asked if there were a mirror
To show beauty on the inside
Would you be just as horrified?
Would you seek to change what you saw?
Nip and tuck at your personality,
Reconstruct your character flaws?

You wanted me to be silver,
It quickly turned you cold.
If only you opened your eyes,
And saw I was solid gold.