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