Fish
Sometimes I wonder if I am your fish.
Trapped in withering glass confines,
algae running up the sides,
alone and dwindling every time
I see your face outside of mine.
I swim around in murky water
looking for food, why do I bother?
I subsist on the grime and the growths
in the tank from the filter
you thought long ago had sank
I push all the pebbles into the corner
to make my escape,
to burrow in the ground.
I bang my head against the glass
everytime I see you pass
I try to scream
but you do not see
you just let me
sit and die
in the green.
My scales once vibrant,
and orange
and bright,
now pale and fading,
dying in the light.
But I can scream
and I can escape
and my scales burn a violent crimson.
I do not think I am your fish,
withered and voiceless,
tank half turned to mist,
I just think you are deaf and negligent,
blind to my capable,
vindictive fins.