Twitching seizing body Drifting on the surface Displaying vivacious activity A sign of life, or of distress? A closer look reveals a grim reality Ripping and tearing motions, mimicking bodily exertion An illusion of vitality Lurking in shallow waters A carnivorous whole Bound to the depths As guardians of their domain Reigning with ominous authority Seeking out the wounded and the sick To obliterate impurities Weakness precedes demise The infirm fall victim to the cleansing A purifying maelstrom Claiming the flesh Opening and expanding the wound To permeate the interior Endowed with devastating potential Harnessed by nature’s bidding A Loathsome arsenal of lethal incisors Laying waste to pollutive decay Anatomy erased within seconds Body departs prior to consciousness Entity… Dissolving… Entity Stripped down to the foundation Tissue fragments dispersed within the swarm Balance restored in their fragile territory Amazonian rivers now decorated with the scarce remains Reigning with ominous authority Seeking out the wounded and the sick To obliterate impurities Weakness precedes demise