*** <br /> <br />You are well familiar <br />With the language of snakes – <br />That’s why you are quiet, <br />And suffer still, <br />Like water, <br />Like a drop <br />In a glass. <br /> <br />Once you <br />Were grass, <br />But now only a flower. <br /> <br />***<br /><br />Tanja Bakic<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-are-well-familiar/