"No Island is a Man"

“No Island is a Man”

No island is a man
Drifting in its flooding tears
We do all we can
But no island, no island is a man.

The sharks surround, in circles swim
The hurricanes rock down every limb
That trees bend to every whim
No island is a man.

Drowned in liquid grief
Never seeking relief
From fire to water, birthed
Drifts alone the wayward earth.
No island is a man.

No island is a man
For man breeds man
While islands break apart,
Man creates gods of equal heart