SERPENT

Je suis libre
Le serpent me parcourt toute entière
Je suis présente
J’accouche d’une couleuvre
Je recrache le trop-plein de conneries
Dans les cendres de ma mue, je rampe
Visqueuse, j’avance
Aquatique, je suis le phénix
D’un nouvel ordre
Libre, je suis la créature Des entre-mondes
Gluante, je me soulève
Dans l’extase, les monstres, les déesses, les créatures
Relient
Libres

With my arms raised in the air
I grab the wind’s attention
I move with the storm
I catch the thunder
I am fire
I spit freedom

You are free, she says
I want to curl my body at her feet
I want to stay
I want to marry her divine breath
And chain my soul to her
You are free, she declares

She gives me her lights
I need to go
She gives me her lanterns
I need to experience freedom
I will give birth to my own self

When your skin falls off
It means you’re ready to become
It means you’re already someone new
You gave birth to another version of yourself.