Slithery Lamb

Lamb Serpent

After much deliberation and English class i found that  i am a lamb serpent. First and foremost the image that comes to mind for a "lamb serpent" is far from how I would like to envision myself. I searched the web for a "lamb serpent" a "slithery lamb," "snake lamb," and hybrid snake lamb." Not much to my surprise this is what it came up with.

So not exactly what I was going for... I feel as if this image is symbolizing Adam and Eve.... so disregard the over all meaning of the image.  But it is as close to as a "lamb serpent, slithery lamb, snake lamb, hybrid snake lamb" we can get.
 I never personally saw myself as a lamb, due to my less than shy personality; or a serpent, due to my overall care for other people. Lets make some sense of this diagnosis.
LAMB: I am less likely to kill, or harm another human. I am too much of a coward to ever hurt another human. Other than being a coward I question what right I have to hurt another person. In class the situation was brought up "well what if they killed someone" or "what if they were coming after you?" Honestly I still would not be able to hurt another human, or animal for that matter. As other kids in class obviously disagreed I could only come to one conclusion, I feel this way due to life experiences. In no way would I ever want blood on my hands, I simply see human life as too precious. This includes the man on death row, or the angry person coming after me. I am only a human just like everyone else, I am simply equal. I have no authority, power, or the guts to take the life from someone, and I often feel if that meant giving my life, I would. It seems very dramatic, yes. But growing up I have watched my parents give everything to people they love, and as I become older I begin to understand. I understand that one day i might give my everything to someone else whether that be my husband, child, or someone i don't know, I believe that is how humans should treat each other. Feel free to disagree.

SERPENT: This is a tricky one. I am more likely to lie. Although I despise lying and believe it is horrible I also know it is sometimes very necessary. I would never lie to harm another person. I would never lie simply for my benefit and computability. I'd like to be able to say I only lie when it is better for a situation. Example, growing up my father was, and still is, very sick. My little sister never understood why she couldn't see dad some weekends, or rough house with him like she used to. We would tell her dad was just tired and needed to sleep.Explaining to a 6 year old that your father is slowly deteriorating from multiple sclerosis is not a good idea. That is an extreme example but perfectly fit. Lies are just necessary and those who say they don't lie.... are simply lying. We ALL lie. regularly and often they are so minuscule and insignificant that we forgot we ever lied. I own up to this, after all I am a teenager. So when being a liar or a "serpent" there is a very fine line between being normal and being a bad person. When confronted about lying, own up to it! I believe that is the fine line.


As whole I found this English exercise to be very interesting, but also showed how I think many of us still are learning who we are. We all feel like adults but I think the truth is im only 18 and im still figuring out what I would and wouldn't do. All of this could change as I will in the  years to come. But for now I am a Serpent Lamb.