The snake bites on your lip,
Didn't seem to poison you
but me instead.

I thought I could lay with you,
and feel nothing.
Then I felt your hands on my bare skin.
Then you put your arm around me
while two friends looked on.

I started to listen to your dreams,
ideas,
laugh...

I began to trust that it would still be around,
but I fell without you catching me.

That's when I realized the poison had seeped in.
Your bite marks left something to run through my veins.
Little did I know it would be the death of me
when it felt as smooth as red wine.