Surrender

Ah, here I am, circling back to myself in a strange and haunted place, dark and dangerous-deep. Time turned me monster. Battling the darkness, but already vanquished, I surrender, and only now, do I find myself again, in the mirror of a flawless shield. Those are adders that were my hair. Gaze long on my serpent eyes, for you alone are immune to their stare. I'll bear my banishment better with an emptied mind, and I'm not afraid. I lose my head all the time.