Tide Shift - The Man-Eating Tree

Why are those teeth of fear

Gnawing in?

What are those words that you

Wouldn’t hurt a fly?

Like the promise of a lower tax and

A higher pay.

Could even

An unbroken wall

Ever keep at bay

This tide on the rise

The river

Behind a breaking wall

The dam that is you.

Where’s all the courage of tomorrow?

The courage to take a stand and

Not to break.

I can whisper it to you.

It was spent ahead of time by the

Scare of today.

And floodgates will soon open.