A Fishy Tale
Oh my love,
I thought you’d left me
forever.
I thought you were
beyond rescue
but I see you now
floating
rising to the surface
turning blue with cold.
I shall pluck you
out of the water,
warm you up,
carry you home.
I see you’ve changed
become accustomed to the water,
grown a fish's tail.
You can tell me about it later,
you know I love a fishy tale.
Fish Out Of Water
The birds swooped and dived,
“listen carefully to us”,
they sang to the fish.
“We lived in water. Then
we wanted to change
so we came out of the water,
left it below. Then
we swapped scales for feathers,
exchanged fins for wings.
We soared on the thermals
and perched in the trees
so come fly with us now
it’s your turn to leave.”
The fish listened carefully
they were intrigued.
“How do we fly?”,
they mouthed
in response.
“Come up and join us,
we’ll teach you to fly”.
“If you fall from the sky
we’ll teach you to swim”
the fish called up to them.
But the birds didn’t hear
until they joined in.
Goldfish
Her favourite foods were prawns and
chocolate.
I wondered if she would be fooled
by torn pieces of plastic
heavily disguised.
She ate them eagerly.
And then
spat.
Spat them out
her look of disgust clearly expressing her
thinking,
“I wasn’t born yesterday, I’m ten years
old
and I’m not one of them brain dead sea
fish either!
Oh, and cut out the raspberries,
I’m not a feckin’ blackbird either!”
Then she blew a few bubbles,
swished her tail
and went in search of tadpoles.
First published in Event Horizon, Issue 6, November 2018
Lynn White lives in north Wales.
Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and
people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the
boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She has been nominated for a Pushcart
Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. Her poetry has appeared in many
publications including: Consequence Journal, Firewords, Capsule Stories,
Gyroscope Review, Blue Pepper, Arachne Press and So It Goes.
https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/
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