Snakeheart Charm

My heart has the heads of seven snakes
One for each sin.
They whisper their hisses in my chest
To tell me to begin.

Bind the heads of the snakes
With love and joy
That their whispers be stilled
'Er my hopes they destroy.

Close the mouth of the slow-worm
Sloth,
Close the mouth of the viper
False witness,
Close the mouth of the adder
Greed,
Close the mouth of the worm
Coverting the things of Earth,
Close the mouth of the Garter Snake
Envious of the Powerful
Close the mouth of the Lamia
Lust,
Close the mouth of the King Python
Pride.

Make my heart whole,
Bound in the Ouruboros.
And not a nest of serpents.