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fishbowl

It feels as if I’m drowning,

Waiting for someone to come and aid me,

But time keeps tick-tick-tocking away

As if it’s in a race.

 

I wonder if my soul is racing against other souls

To see who could outrun the other

Or who could swim more

Than the person next to them.

 

I wonder if my soul is determining

Whether or not

This fishbowl is worth

All the fight and struggle.

 

Because I like to think my brain and my heart

Are battling each other for dominance.

Battling each other to see who could outsmart the other,

To see which ***** is needed more.

 

They say there’s plenty of fish in the sea,

But who’s to say

That there aren’t beasts and sharks

In the tank either?

 

A hundred miles below the horizon

Lie creatures that haven’t been discovered.

Different,

Yet so similar to our minds.

 

The grey matter that nurse our ideas

And cultivate them

They hide our innermost thoughts

And dreams lay hidden under them,

Waiting for the right moment to spring up.

 

My feet are straddling the edge of the cliff.

My heart’s racing,

And my mind is telling me to jump,

But I’m afraid of the unknown

And I don’t know what to expect

Once I dive in.

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Written by
jaya-gumatay
American
Published
May 20, 2013
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