Turtlelephant

The shore must be sinking or turtlelephant's rising up
The tides and tusks, her shell of rust
Jaws to cut lumber, now I'm grinding my teeth
Great legs are pillars, have somehow given out

Thousands of birds lurking
The shallow water was still too far

I keep a mountain between us so we can never touch
Hollowed out in the desert or in the trenches sinking
Either way you'll meet the same fate as a coal mine canary