I sit, surrounded by soft nature sounds and sights and smells
Soft streams pour into the pond, I see, I smell
The fish frolic, staying under the surface, snapping at flies
Yet underneath it all is something unnatural
Man made, made for man and nature knows not why
Caught in a cage of water and wood, the creatures will exist, ever ignorant in their plight, in their pond
In a flight of fancy, I free the fish, scooping each with net or fist from their watery prison, in the the pond imprisoned, but in my care they are free fish, no cage or cell, I set them free
They frolic on the floor, flipping, flopping, doing the dance of the free