Columbian Exchange

It walked on water over seas

And lurked within the hold

Deep inside it slept and dreamt

Of glory, God and gold

It raised its sword to take and have

And felled the trees with axe

To claim and own the uncontrolled

Then marked it on our backs

It spoke in tongues of serpents

And hissed of demon flame

Promising salvation

If we but learned its name

It forced us to betray

And turn against our brother

Condemned us to a barren rock

By ravaging our mother

It offered us the thought of more

And then reached out its hand

But only shared a sickness

That still spreads throughout this land