For Carol

I stood there one day With my feet in the sand Water to my waist And hands spread around The fish, all swam close And swept against me My fingers they nibbled I felt so much glee Nature’s beauty at best When you feel all at one When with wild you connect It’s like touching the sun Went there each day To swim with the fish Love that feeling I get When my legs they do kiss Then one day I met Carol, She was feeding them all Four years she said now And took a roll call She showed me the babies And thousand there were All growing and healthy In this violent world She shared with me bread So I could feed them too And I love her for that I feel so in tune She told me of trouble With this one and that Not wanting her feeding Those fish where we’ve at One friend he told me A petition being signed Opposing the feeding Of our fish friends this time I can not believe it Can not understand This world in such shortage Few fish in our times And here is someone Heart big as can be Doing something for this world So good, as I see One day she did ask me If fish I could feed Cause she could not make it Was busy as a bee Was happy to do that Cause I love to feed them And next morning was there Bright, early and free Those people I spoke about Where so rude to me They shouted, took photos, Tried to intimidate me I wonder at those people In this world that were in Where is their goodness Hearts hard as can be One day Carol, she told me Abuse they did cause They scattered her bread All over the shore What’s wrong with these people? I can only ask We are feeding some fish There’s no harm in us This world that we long for Of peace and harmony Of getting along And having nature be free How will we ever find it? When as you can see There are people out there Who scream - commit perjury? Shame on you people We are doing no harm Just feeding some fish Just let us be calm And we hope that you fishes All grow up to fill These oceans of ours With food for our plead I want for my children And those next in line To know what a fish is In all ages of time There is so many out there Who kill and destroy Who maim native animals And shamelessly slaughter So thank you dear Carol For what you have done For love you have given To fishes all in one