The Beast Within
Dark eyes are watching from the water
Welcoming strangers to the slaughter
A deadly hunter swift to eat
Travellers who walk on careless feet
In the swamp and slime beneath
Lurks a beast with sharpened teeth
Sharper than a butcher’s knife
With a lust for death to give it life
Its scales are shiny thick and coarse
It will pull you in with all its force
And in the silence so far down
It will hold you tight until you drown….