A woman possessed

Eyes ablaze, lips a fiery red
Free flowing jet black curls
A powerful stare she had
They called her a woman possessed

Darkness surrounded her
Hope seems desolate
A dreary future, friends none
Except for the pet snake she had
Was she really a woman possessed?

Wandering alone past midnight
Mostly draped in a blood red saree
Was she Kali reincarnated
Or simply a woman possessed?

It was a dark and stormy night
Cries were heard from her hut
But none dared go there alone
The morning after, all they found
Were the skin shed by a snake
And no trace of her whatsoever

Was she Maya or simply a woman possessed ?