Newton Ranaweera Poet Free verse

A Slippery Fish

I sit by the stream of my own thoughts,
           that glides with breaking, wrinkles
                       of waves into bubbles, with   
a hook to fish the slippery fish of CRAVING 
that smothers with its wild fins my shrunk soul.

This fish of CRAVING breeds more and 
          more reddish fishes of Envy, Greed
                           and Anger, and smothers
the stream of my thoughts, my shrunk soul, and 
with a twist of mockery, it averts my bait.

With its witch-like jews this slippery fish 
         of CRAVING bites a bit from the bait, 
		               plays around the hook 
as an acrobatic trickster, and swells with my food, 
and breeds fishes of Envy, Anger and Greed.

Thus, withers he the stream of my thoughts,
                        and smothers my shrunk soul
                             by driving soul into a narrow, 
dark corner of my bubbling stream of thoughts.  




August 29, 2020
Soul Slipper Poetry Contest
Kai Michael Neumann

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