Logicality and relevance
\nAnd superiority
\nIn many aspects matchless
\nAnd unrivalled in the sea
\nThe shark an Apex Predator
\nA fearsome looking soul
\nWith a cartilaginous skeleton
\nAnd gill slits on the whole<\/p>\n
No swim bladder a reason
\nTherefore why it has to be
\nConstant in its movement
\nAnd perpetually
\nSwimming, otherwise
\nThe shark will simply sink and die
\nPeter Benchley who wrote the novel
\n\u201cJaws\u201d realised why
\nFear of sharks became the thing
\nIt compromised the way
\nSharks hunt in the ocean
\nAnd it did portray
\nAn element of stalking
\nA human trait maybe
\nWhich then entered the psyche
\nAnd the anomaly
\nSurfaced in the human mind
\nAnd terror became known
\nA kind of hell had broken loose
\nThe shambolic side was shown<\/p>\n
Way back in the Song Dynasty
\n960-1279 the Chinese came to see
\nThis predator was powerful
\nAnd symbolically
\nPower and wealth the association
\nAnd upon each new year
\nShark fin soup or Yu chi tang
\nWas eaten with great cheer<\/p>\n
Its watery eyes and stream lined look
\nWith predation at its core
\nTremendous strength and character
\nDeep down it is sure
\nIts has the power to master
\nAnd an endless drive
\nTo swim for many thousands of miles
\nAnd of course survive
\nThus it has a uniqueness
\nAn individuality
\nDefining and determinate
\nAnd a great diversity<\/p>\n
Cold blooded thought therefore
\nTo be
\nQuite dead it seems emotionally
\nThe consensus pain as well
\nIs not
\nfelt like us
\nWe miss the plot
\nIn many ways as humans we
\nMisinterpret what we see
\nWe are all brainwashed in a way
\nDisabled really by the way<\/p>\n
We look at things
\nAnd its our undoing
\nWith Pain and fear
\nWhat we are viewing
\nIs the vigour and the activity
\nThe aggressiveness
\nAnd vitality
\nWe are influenced by the potency
\nAnd our vulnerability
\nThe Shark is a fascinating soul
\nIn the oceans wide a leading role<\/p>\n
Movement kinetic energy
\nMan and sharks conflict they be
\nOften in each others way
\nAnd come into contact which does play
\nHeavily on the human mind
\nFishing and hunting underlined
\nMisidentification comes in play
\nAnd Shark attacks sadly stay
\nIn our thoughts and negatively
\nMay waylay
\nOur consciousness somewhat
\nMore so today<\/p>\n
Shark fin bans now need to be
\nPut in place and stringently
\nMillions are dying
\nThoughtlessly
\nNetted and hacked
\nIt cannot be
\nAllowed any longer
\nPredation alas
\nIs being obstructed
\nThe balance en masse<\/p>\n
The Chinese soup
\nReally has to go
\nIts just tasteless gloop
\nDried sharks fins we know
\nThe catching and killing
\nIts so overdone
\nAnd the sharks they are suffering
\nThe web is spun<\/p>\n
Within thirty years
\nSharks will be extinct
\nGone from the world
\nAnd its clearly linked
\nTo man and his insatiable
\nKilling and we
\nNow cannot allow this
\nWe must save the sea<\/p>\n
Sea Save Foundation
\nAre out there and they
\nAre making a difference
\nMaking their play
\nOn the terrible consequences
\nWe create
\nWith our solecism
\nThe untenable rate
\nOur narrow-mindedness
\nAnd point of view
\nIs hurting the species
\nWhat the clueless do<\/p>\n
Is aid the destruction
\nThe planet now reels
\nThe disequilibrium
\nReally it feels
\nClose to the heart
\nTo our very sinew
\nSo much tunnel vision
\nWhat we have to do
\nIs think kindly always
\nThe sharks have their place
\nGodly and gifted
\nWith honour and grace
\nOur edification
\nFrom sharing the space<\/p>\n
Sea Save Foundation Thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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