This Spiteful Snake

Reality, this spiteful snake
 Rearing its ugly head
 Venom dripping from its grin
 As it tosses yet another obstacle in our way

 Given a thousand years to collect
 To process, to portray
 We could never encompass the voracity
 Of one single day

 Trapping us in its winding
 It's closing malignant cycles
 tightening coil to bind us
 Hold us tight in unforgiving embrace

 Its all engulfing jaws, infinite, boundless
 Biting down on the dying flesh of hope
 Its fiery breath leveling, dismantling
 Flattening, tearing down the structures of our dreams

 Overcome, defeated
 Terrified, shivering, mute
 Reality is terror
 This truth is absolute

 Reality, this spiteful snake
 Shedding its smothering veil
 shroud to asphyxiate
 Exterminate, eradicate