The sharks dwell in deep waters,

in deep waters weeds grow.

We need to take our time

and stand together and watch

watch the sharks eat the weeds

watch the weeds poison our water.

Then we stand in fear

for we ran away from the sharks and

let the weeds grow taller

“Oh why, what do you have now?”

ssked she and she had no age

but a wrinkled face and a bedazzled cane

“Oh why, where do we go now?”

Our waters poisoned

the sharks have died and we thought

that no predators would mean peace,

but no predators mean no love

and we forget the hunger we once felt

and without it

we starve to death