Nobody's Fault But Mine...

My defect is that I'm brown and yellow,
My flaw is that I slither along a crooked line.
My weakness is that I ain't a looker,
Nobody's fault but mine...

My bad luck I'm not bigger,
My vile fortune, on rats I don't dine.
My ill fate I feed on smaller prey,
Nobody's fault but mine..

My rotten luck to have been there,
My abysmal fortune, at the wrong time.
My doomed stars to have been under his blow,
Nobody's fault but mine..

Don't they understand that I am harmless?
Should I move with a 'I am non-poisonous' sign?
Ah, who am I kidding? I'm a snake,
Nobody's fault but mine...

The mind is a fickle friend,
Scores of thoughts and promises it holds.
Deepest and darkest secrets reside within,
Dreams, are its outlet, I was once told...

Never can you really erase a thought,
No matter how hard you try.
It might have just been for a fleeting moment,
But it's there, and your imaginative juices never run dry.

Good, bad, shocking, no matter what,
They're all in there.
Sooner or later, they come creeping out,
Dreams, naked to your soul, they bare...