I call to them, swim in every direction until I exhaust myself
But every time I bump into an invisible barrier
And find myself right where I started.
I think I can hear them, but they sound more like me than them.
I would recognize their calls anywhere.
Then the two leggeds, who walk above
They call me to the surface again
The two leggeds put their flat fins on my back
And slap the hard shore with my fins
And shake my fin at the mass of noise
I remember fish, I think.
Silvery things, that moved. Did they move? My fish don’t move.
My mother, she used to chase them. We did, together.
More than my mother. There were others.
I remember when I could swim without hitting the invisible wall.
From there, the noise is muffled, almost tolerable.
But the two leggeds, they need me
Up there, the noise is deafening.
Not until the sky turns dark and the two leggeds leave me
With the invisible walls.
But then why aren’t I going anywhere?
Do they know that I know?
All two leggeds looked the same then.
But it’s been a long time since.
It’s hard to remember now.
But the feeling, it stays with me.
Cold water, brushing through my fins
Other black and white bodies, dancing with mine
And then I saw the shadow above
That blocked out the light.
Then there was no one to answer my call.
I wonder how many moons I’ve watched cross the sky
Since I last saw my mother?
And I’m sick of that voice.
The two legged didn’t give me any fish
But I did what she asked.
She should have given me a fish.
I don’t feel like doing loops anymore.
The pain above me, it aches.
I wish I knew why it ached.
Something is not how it should be.
My eyes burn, my sight is blurry.
I wish I could tell them,
But I haven’t seen the two leggeds in a very long time.
I hope I see my mother soon.
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