Slippery Fish
That slippery fish you see
Dancing in poetry
She is a lie. I say
She is a fantasy
A pretty mermaid beckoning you
Casting shadows across your sea
Certainty,
She is the golden coin
Inside the fishbowl
We all want a piece
Consider instead the chameleon
Shifting her colors, rolling with the moon
She is the water inside your fishbowl
She is the goddess of the sea
In which lives your mermaid
Certainty
Author’s Note: This poem was inspired by “The Fish” by Ahmad Shamlou
