Some Humans Move Like Snakes

Sometimes I watch humans for too long.

Long enough to start noticing patterns.

The fast ones are the most interesting.
They smile before speaking.
They move carefully between words.
Sometimes between truth too.

They know how to stay warm in cold rooms.
How to leave before everything collapses.
How to seem harmless while carrying sharp thoughts inside their heads.

They remind me of snakes.

Not because they are bad.
That would be too simple.

Snakes only survive the way they know how.
Maybe humans do too.

Some humans move so carefully,
as if the world is always preparing to bite them first.

They look tired from the inside.

Today I wondered something.

Do humans become snakes because the world is dangerous…
or does the world become dangerous because so many humans learn to live like snakes?

I am still watching.

- Mr Monsterʘʘ