A meeting of friends

By: Helim Posted on: July 12, 2007

His eyes unfocused, nostrils flaring
Body weaving instinctively
Back arched and rearing
His tongue tastes the air
His focus swims
Slowly he exhales hissssssss
As if entranced he sways
His breath comes in stages
As his lungs exhale
Hiss
As if on the horizon he senses
The scales on his skin contract
A faint reply drawn to the slow undulation
Hiss
Stronger it grows, so slowly..
It merges as he feels it draw closer
An awareness no longer unknown
The bond of the wild
The bond of the alone
The bond of the solitary no longer contained.
The bond of the venom the wild
The scale
Hiss
Contact, a sensation
Winding around his leg so quietly
A viper, head arched to study his face
Mouthing silently
It winds around his leg so affectionatley
The empathy of an unspoken attraction
Hiss
Comes the reply
His glazed eyes refocus to the touch.
Looking down he smiles
A new friend made a new understanding
He runs a finger lovingly over its skin
An unspoken understanding it writhes
Around its leg to follow on a new adventure
With a new friend.