Who I Am

I am a beast who strikes without warning.

I have many enemies and not too many friends.

I have no worries.

I have no fears.

You call me a fanged demon.

You don't know me.  

You shouldn�t judge me.



If I bite you,

It's not because I want to,

Not because I hate you,

It's because I had to.

I tried to warn you, but you ignored me.

You got to close.

You tried to hurt me.



I don't hate you.

I'm sorry for the pain my bite has caused you.

I didn't mean to.

But I had to.

Death will surely be your fate.



I am not a gaiter,

Nor am I a panther.

I am not a bear,

Nor a lion.

I am not a wolf,

But I am a snake.

I am not an asp,

Nor am I a cobra.

I am a viper.



I am kind.

I am gentle.

I am loving,

And I am caring.

I bet you didn't know that I had feelings too?

Well I do!

I'm just like you!



I am not a demon.

I am not a beast.

I am worried.

I am scared.

I don't want to lose you.

I still love you,

But do you care?



My name by definition,

Says that I am treacherous.

I am evil and deceiving,

But I am not these things.

Viper is what you call me.

What you call me is not WHO I AM!!!



I am what I make of myself,

Not what you make of me.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

This was the first poem I ever attempted to write.  I was 9 at the time.  This is why when I sign my paintings I use the shorthand character for viper instead of signing with my name like any normal human being.  I want to than my teacher Ms. Anthony for inspiring me to write.

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Angel Styx's picture

Wow, you were nine when you wrote this? It's amazing :) I like the way it seems to flow and fit together, even without rhyming. I can feel the feelings and emotions in it, which is truly wonderful. It's slightly dark, but not even close to the darkness of some of my work, which is probably just because I'm a very dark person a lot of the time. Thank you, by the way, for the comments and help. I so agree, the rhyming in a lot of my work seems constricting, and rhyming does put chains on a poem, but, you were right, it was one of the first I wrote, and I haven't written that many rhyming poems recently. Anyway, thanks. For all the advice and compliments. Your an awesome poet yourself.

Micheal Kitchen's picture

everything you see is within you
and all we ever know
is of ourselves.
is this the ultimate mystery?
the self?

Frances Bentley's picture

Only 9? That's really good! I like it! I fidn it very easy flowing. Very good for a first poem

lavalady's picture

very good for your first poem, at the age of nine. very good.