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jonahtrejos
jonahtrejos
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as a kid, i wished that the fish i saw in the pond behind my house could grow legs, and walk with me along the shore. i wanted to befriend him and play games that were meant for things with legs, i wished he'd want to play with me because i wanted it so badly. day and night they swam in the same water, round and round and round, never leaving. why did my family go on vacation, and his didn't? it wasn't fair they had to stay in the pond. how could i invite my friend out to play in the sand and the grass? i didn't speak bubbles like the fish on tv. i could go in the water, but i was much too big to swim with them among the lily pads and cattails. i stirred up mud, and my friend hid in the murk, me must have been sad. if he had legs he could join me, and i would share the worldly fun i loved so much. one day, i grabbed mr fish from the pond and tried to play tag with him, but he just flopped around and got ***** so i put him back in his pond. my parents told me mr fish would die if he left his pond again. that wasn't fair, i didn't die every time i left the house. when winter came, mr fish’s house had an icy roof that i couldn't see through. i couldn't tell if he left me, without goodbye. i waited for months until spring, and to my delight, there was mr fish among the april showers. i took mr fish out of the pond again to play with me in the rain, and so we played all day, what fun i had. he stayed in the water as it fell from the sky, it’s the same as swimming, isn’t it? my mom told me it was the reason mr fish died that day, his eyes turned cloudy, and he stopped flopping around. who knew fun could be so sad? i waited until his pond came into my part of the world, falling from the sky, filling the air, so we could share. and yet, so unfairly, he left me alone with a pond full of fish, all without legs. i didn’t understand that is was me who inflicted his pain. maybe it wasn't about the legs, or the fun we couldn’t have. because my fun day was his worst day. i thought he didn’t like me, i was sad, i didn’t understand that our friendship was never meant to be. and yet i forced him with such innocence, and joy, to face death, alone.
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Sep 27, 2025
Sep 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM UTC
jonahtrejos
a pond full of fish without legs
as a kid, i wished that the fish i saw in the pond behind my house could grow legs, and walk with me along the shore. i wanted to befriend him and play games that were meant for things with legs, i wished he'd want to play with me because i wanted it so badly. day and night they swam in the same water, round and round and round, never leaving. why did my family go on vacation, and his didn't? it wasn't fair they had to stay in the pond. how could i invite my friend out to play in the sand and the grass? i didn't speak bubbles like the fish on tv. i could go in the water, but i was much too big to swim with them among the lily pads and cattails. i stirred up mud, and my friend hid in the murk, me must have been sad. if he had legs he could join me, and i would share the worldly fun i loved so much. one day, i grabbed mr fish from the pond and tried to play tag with him, but he just flopped around and got ***** so i put him back in his pond. my parents told me mr fish would die if he left his pond again. that wasn't fair, i didn't die every time i left the house. when winter came, mr fish’s house had an icy roof that i couldn't see through. i couldn't tell if he left me, without goodbye. i waited for months until spring, and to my delight, there was mr fish among the april showers. i took mr fish out of the pond again to play with me in the rain, and so we played all day, what fun i had. he stayed in the water as it fell from the sky, it’s the same as swimming, isn’t it? my mom told me it was the reason mr fish died that day, his eyes turned cloudy, and he stopped flopping around. who knew fun could be so sad? i waited until his pond came into my part of the world, falling from the sky, filling the air, so we could share. and yet, so unfairly, he left me alone with a pond full of fish, all without legs. i didn’t understand that is was me who inflicted his pain. maybe it wasn't about the legs, or the fun we couldn’t have. because my fun day was his worst day. i thought he didn’t like me, i was sad, i didn’t understand that our friendship was never meant to be. and yet i forced him with such innocence, and joy, to face death, alone.
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