Sea Changes Poem by Long Tooth

Is all life, in fact, like a tectonic sea change?
Its barely felt wave passes ships in the night
That on later reflection can wrack devastation
(Tsunamis that sculpt all the land within sight.)

A landslide released on a volcanic island,
Its wave can cross oceans in less than a day,
And its energy pile up as land's shelf grows shallow,
Two thousand foot wave crushes all in its way!

But people build homes too, on sides of volcanos,
For memories fade (fertile land's now a prize) ,
Could it happen again? There are few written records
And Science's answers can squash enterprise.

It's greed in the end that can cloudy the waters
Makes people nearsighted (to poor folk life's cheap!)
Best to live for today (let the devil take hindmost,)
They follow the tune of wealth's prospect like sheep.

The sea has no feelings for you or your fellows.
Live close to the ocean? Then learn about tide!
And don't look to religion if earth begins shaking,
Fate honors the life least attached to its pride!


Long Tooth
August 12,2018