As Fish swam It met a strange piece of plastic Afloat above the surface That seemed to curve slightly beneath the water Fish swam to it Despite the fear And the piece of plastic didn’t move So Fish became intrigued And it swam to its center Poking at it with its flat eyes Days went on And Fish rested with the plastic Feeling at peace with it And so it became Plastic And Fish stayed friendly with Plastic No matter how much bigger or different it was Fish spoke to Plastic nonetheless It felt dependent on it It felt comfortable and happy Something that Fish had not felt from its cold lake surrounding it Until One fatal day Plastic dashed Almost parting the water of the lake Too fast for Fish to swim after it And as it went to catch its friend Fish started to feel things it had felt before And it felt betrayed Alone As if it had wasted time On a simple piece of plastic So it swam until it couldn’t anymore for Plastic And soon stopped and tried to forget about Plastic Fish finally went back home Lonesome days went by Fish went on with its life Struggling to feel content with what it was doing On its own Until one fatal day Fish left its home And saw a piece of plastic The same piece of plastic it remembered But it was a little different With more scratches and some seaweed attached to it So now Fish swam towards Plastic excitedly And swam to the surface when it reached Plastic And looked above the water And saw that Plastic had long sails Ropes attached And it looked so slick and modern It was massive too Fish swam back down It saw so much more of Plastic So much more than Fish had never imagined Which set them apart even more Which made them so much more different So Fish never went close to Plastic again It still felt betrayal Even more afraid now And remembered the days that followed Plastic's sudden leave Like a sharp knife to its tiny, beating heart Because Plastic grew up and different And Plastic reminded Fish of many things Like misunderstanding Like disappointment And it didn’t want to feel like that ever again So it never went close to Plastic again It never left again But it felt... distant And it was painful to wonder what Plastic and Fish could have done together And so Fish tried once more And Plastic seemed pleased For it did not move And so Fish tried once more And this time it felt something A strange tension between the two But then That night In confusion of whether the feeling was good or not Fish remembered how much it hurt To be left by Plastic To be alone again So suddenly And it felt afraid that Plastic might not be as happy to be around Fish as Fish was to be around Plastic And now Fish waits for Plastic to see through the litter in the lake And finally dash for Fish
Fish invented the friendship in its head Because Plastic can't talk or show emotion But Fish is so lonely That it would do anything Feel anything Just to have a taste of happiness Of reality