A fish out of water

Reaction of a fish out of water 
Is to call to court all the king's men 
For he is to be crowned, the king of the land 


What happens to prospects
When one tries to put a square
Through a round hole and it doesn't fit 


What happens when one takes 
A fish out of water and says to it 
Take a walk mate, breathe some fresh air 


What happens when one takes  
The fastest man on land 
And says to him swim, just as fast  


Only then will you truly be remarkable 
This is the bar for all men to be judged by 
To be just as good in all fields 


A place and a time, characters and roles 
If only rationality and reality works that way 
But surely it doesn't by evidence of nature 


So then the profound question  remains 
How good, would a fish be, walking through a desert 
To be chastised, saying "mate you good for nothing"  


And for the fish to be ignorant 
Of the existence of  the sea 
To know what it was meant for


Sometimes, it is not the cards one holds 
But the card game table one finds one's self
Sitting out to play, that determines one's outcome 


Learning to cut one's losses just in time
Leaving one with enough gas in the tank 
To make it to t' next opening is all it takes 


Sometimes, it is just a reaction 
Sometimes, that is all it takes 
Just sometimes, sometimes