I am the world tree
I am the woman, my branches reaching
I am the serpent, entwined
This is a story ancient and common
My roots reach around a globe
I feel all and know all
I am light and desire
And I created the earth
I shed my self and the woman remembers
I stroke the tree bark and it reminds me
Diamond-skin and innocence
The snake slithers my length and it awakens me
Tremors and earth-shudders, gentle and huge
Some tell that she stole from me
Others that I gifted a dreamtime,
Rainbow sparkling. Some that I tempted,
Seductive, knowing, a wickedness in my glint.
All the tales are true.