Pampas

Beautiful pampas your long aristocratic fronds 

soft and stately rustled by the ocean winds

your golden color radiant glow begetting luxury

Was it your elegance that scared away the others 

or your ravenous zeal to take when you invaded 

with leaves sharp as knives?

I too come from a different place

Living with a ferocity begging for release

What terrors lie beneath my beauty?