I swam in a blue-green sea
Never a care oppressed me.
Each day I searched for and found...
what satisfied me for the round.
One day, dangling ever so close
Was something new, intriguing
I believed I wanted to know...
were you going to be friend or foe?.
I approached with caution
since the interest was new.
My appetite increased yearnings...
growing inside me so.
As sun beat through the waves
I ventured closer, being careful
Inhibitions dispelled by allure...
the bait dangled ever so close.
As I tasted the first
The sweetness was overwhelming
All sense of thought disappeared...
Happiness welling up inside me.
The time passed and I nibbled more.
Some bites were delicious and sweet.
But, others were stinging and bitter...
Fear and doubt became my condiments.
The allure to the sweetness was
intoxicating and additive.
Returning more and more to...
the first memory of you.
The promise of kindness
Caring and sharing thoughts
Assuming of endless happiness...
Of dreams pursued and attained.
I returned again and again.
Believing the stinging would stop
Hoping for a devine intercept...
To make the sweetness strong
To make it last forever.
At last i relinquished myself.
I bit and held to the hook.
Believing in you and the sweetness
I left my blue-green world for yours...
The pond where you said I'd be...
From now on protected and cared for.
For a time the dream seemed true.
You cared, you attended, you praised.
But soon I realized I wasn't alone.
Goldfish there were...
of all ages,shapes and sizes.
They swam, they circled.
Never seeming to an end goal.
The only sign of true life came...
when you were there.
They glowed desperate for
The crumbs you held out
To the attentions emanating
from your eyes to theirs.
Soon I was just one of them.
Used by you for the adoration
sent your way...
The feelings went to you but
Now were seldom returned.
I could not escape that pond.
And neither could the others.
Their looks are lifeless, sad...
Desperation for love and touch
All being searched for the same
Humans incapable of giving...
