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Here's a little perspective poetry for you folks to chew on! (I may or may not have been slightly hungry when I wrote this.)
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I am the lord and master of these seas,
Cleaving through the torrents as I please,
To those minnows straying into my domain, hark!
Thou shalt face the jaws of the Shark!

He cometh! He cometh! Lord Shark cometh!
Into the crevices and cracks shall we all plummet.
Atwixt the rocks, we shall hide from gnashing teeth.
And thus shall we survive in the rocky wreath.

Puny creatures of pathetic stature,
Thou cannot hide from this bloody rapture.
I am that relentless Death, terrible and immutable.
I will not be thwarted by inanimate rubble!

The Lord's teeth pierce through our shield.
No spears hath we, in our defense to wield.
Flee! We must flee! Chaotically, we scatter,
A last desperate surge to avoid the Lord's platter.

Flesh and bone, both are decimated in my maw.
This is the way it ends, by natural law.
For I am the lord and master of these seas,
And naught but blood can bring me ease.

Onward we swim, leaving behind our fallen kin,
Ignoring their fall to gluttonous sin.
Their sacrifice, though unwilling, was not in vain.
Though our number reduced, our school still remains.

I like sharks.

Here's an illustration for your poem.

Ooh, thank you for the commendation and the cool picture. I can see where 'Finding Nemo' got its inspiration for friendly sharks lol.

Damn, now I'm hungry. :/

I really liked this! The rhyme scheme is simple, yet immaculately followed. If you ever wanted to write more poetry, I'd encourage it.

Lol, it'd be the easiest thing to convince me to write poetry. I always have a lot of fun whenever I try it. XD

This is really good :D

Thanks for reading. :]

I like the rhythm of the fourth stanza a lot.

I wanted to convey the school panicking so I opted for shorter lines there. Glad you enjoyed it. :D

Thanks for reading! The perspective changes made it pretty fun to write too XD