A flash of silver under light <br /> <br />I watch you swim away <br /> <br />Lost under a deep blue sky <br /> <br />A slip of silk <br /> <br />A thin translucent light <br /> <br />And then I watched the bait the hook <br /> <br />The bite you took <br /> <br />The rip and the tug of the line on flesh <br /> <br />I had loved you for a short while <br /> <br /> <br />Now I watch your body strain and toss <br /> <br />your lungs puff in and out like flapping wings <br /> <br />I watch you wriggle to break free <br /> <br />From that strange hook that drew you in <br /> <br />Your silver fleck now dry and cold <br /> <br />And what was love has now grown cold <br /> <br /> <br />I stand apart and helpless watch you die <br /> <br />Strange fish, and wonder why?<br /><br />yvette smith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fish-34/
