The Web

Along

comes

the spider,

weaving relentlessly

yarns of silk

that are fragile,

yet so strong enough

to hold the pattern

together, providing an asylum to

the master builder who thrives

on the guileless prey who, lured

by the design, unable to extricate

itself from the flimsy filaments that loom

as separate threads but are indeed interconnected,

to hold down the survivors till they succumb.

The addictive stories of self and of others

that are woven with lies, fears, and

doubts, intertwine to slowly gain ruthless power

over the fickle yet faithful friend,

who toils subconsciously and untiringly with

the sole purpose of making

the beliefs entrapped in weaves

to become a reality,

blurring facts and reason

as the insusceptible

weaver turns into

the prey,

the spider

the

web.