Sailing The Seven Seas. Poem by Thabani Khumalo

The Portuguese have told a lie;
the man that sailed the seven seas
and trod the shores to state of it
the daring chronicles of dreadful storms.

The sea I know is quiet deep
and all the rage fends off the claw of the hungry foe
and straight to the shore they will see him go
and never ever again attempt the sea.

Beneath the breakers is tranquil peace
and man shall live to know the truth I tell:
The salty sands protect the sweet bottom's mud
and the killer whales protect the tiny fish that eat the mud.

The whales and sharks on ill do dine,
rip their skin from out to in
and chew their bones in full display for all to see -
and never ever go try the sea.