I entered my room,
Looked around and picked the fish food
I need to buy another, this one is almost empty
A pondering question lingers on thought
I see my golden fish, pompously sat
They look so calm and carefree
They near the tank, when I am on sight
Opening their gob to be fed
Like free session, always to be fed
You see they got me thinking
I am always thinking
Do they worry, like I do
Like the fish in the deep blue sea does
With sharks around to feast on their essence
And no one tasked to feed their hunger
My pondering mind do wonder
Sometimes in overdrive, always wondering
My brain feels so warn on effect
May be that is why oh surely why
My golden fish bluffs so much, with easy life
Demanding to be fed, feed us, feed us, feed our gob
Anyway I need to get another food for them
The tank looks murky, needs some attention
I would have to clean that too at some point
You know, I never thought about it until now, but it WOULD be awesome to be a goldfish, wouldn't it?
ReplyDeletecute if it is so.
ReplyDeletecreative thinking,
share your work with us today, keep writing.
:)
Nicely done, interesting and light hearted take too! :-)
ReplyDeletesmiles...maybe...they have no fear of being eaten so they look to you...smiles.
ReplyDeleteI like how you take a banal incident in your day and extrapolate into a life philosophy.
ReplyDeletenice job, really interesting take on the prompt. Thanks for the read
ReplyDeleteYou know, I`ve wondered too...and I`ve been told I wonder too much! leads to some pretty good poetry though :) Enjoyed the share.
ReplyDeleteA nice poem. Love the tercet stanzas. A clearly discernible message in this poem. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteto have an easy life of a pet... looks like fun but no thanks.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing this perspective...
pompous fish.. Loved the way you followed the train of thought... I wonder how often our minds really do skit around like that... more than we think, I'm afraid. :)
ReplyDeleteI have a Betta who rivals your Goldfish in his demanding ways! This light-hearted piece is very creative and visual. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteNamaste.............cj
nicely woven...wondering indeed what they're thinking... i'd rather prefer the insecure ocean than being fed..smiles
ReplyDeleteI agree with Claudia, give me the ocean - nice philosophical write.
ReplyDeleteWith sharks around to feast on their essence -> isn't that what Occupy Wallstreet is supposed to be about?
ReplyDeletenice parallel to human life today.
Pondering the essence mind of goldfish's mind. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteExcellent lines:
ReplyDelete"With sharks around to feast on their essence
And no one tasked to feed their hunger"
~Shawna (arbitrarymeaning.blogspot.com)