THE COBRA AND THE WORM

Once upon a time
A worm tried to battle a cobra
On a desert
The cobra looked its way once
And turned to go about its business
…like always
Paying no heed to its antics
Soon
The air lifted sands and put heels on their restful feet
It was then that the shoes of sands
…swallowed the worm

II
It did shout loud
But its voice wore a shroud
Its few clapping crowd
Looked at cobra feeling wowed by its hunt without as much as a look at worm
They tried to bombard cobra with questions as they bowed
“Why didn’t you battle worm when you could so win?”
Cobra looked ahead and left to sleep
Snail, angry at the intrusion retorted
“Filthy things try hard to soil great things
His stage is no stage to taint with that thing
Let’s just mind our own businesses”
And so it was
That other unworthy opponents learned from the situation
Never ever to battle strong and wise opponents
Thinking themselves worthy
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © March 11, 2021