i pulled my mask down over my face <br />and plunged into the pacific water. <br />i must have looked like mixed-up astronaut <br />as i sunk deeper and deeper into the dancing coral. <br /> <br />the underwater looked as if God had suddenly <br />gone crazy with a lite-brite picture just to see if He could <br />i reached out to touch the forbidden watery city <br />and set off an unspoken fish red-alert. <br /> <br />shots of red went to the right <br />and blue beams swam up like arrows, <br />the yellow dots dove into the seaweed <br />as the bubbles churned furiously. <br /> <br />then suddenly all was calm as i floated blinking <br />i turned around cautiously and saw but a lone friend. <br />his fins were still and his tail lay limp, <br />i swept up his lifeless body in my big hand. <br /> <br />had i done it?<br /><br />meredith bullock<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-spied-on-the-fish/
