I Do Not Fear

I do not fear big cats or snakes or dangerous crocodile Between where I live and they live are many a mile Those I fear the most to me live very near 'Tis only my own species I need to fear. I do not fear sharks or the dangerous hippo To anywhere near where they live I never go The species I fear most I see every day I fear my own kind does that seem bold to say? I do not fear venomous spiders though of them I beware And I surely do not fear the feared polar bear Since they live in the Artic that's far north of here No 'tis only my own kind that I've reason to fear. The elephant and the rhino in zoos I only see They are not renowned killers they do not bother me And why should I fear the dead or the dead person's ghost? 'Tis the living of my own kind that I do fear most.