The Golden One
I'm a fish in a tank with little space around,
It's crowded with with different species with egos so profound.
Ive learned to swim around within the given space,
Knowing that I need to first survive than winning the race
The good, the bad & the ugly have all lived in here,
Yet I've created my own space as I had no fear.
My fins were cut and dragged to the bottom every other day,
Wondering how to survive as I was not a sting ray.
Black was the shade that I wanted to be.
Not releasing the true colour that I had in me.
A stranger walks in asking for an golden orange one,
We all swam wondering who was the lucky one.
Before I could realise I was picked and was out of tank,
Dropped into the fish bowl and now in a different rank.
Learn to survive and don't cry fowl,
Wait for you chance and the right bowl.
About this poem
I wrote this in 2013, I was traveling, by road stopped for a coffee. At the reception was this Aquarium with beautiful fishes along with one gold fish. Kept looking at it and the poetry just flowed.
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