Fantasy Fish In a Fantasy Ocean

Myths and legends have held the hearts spell bound for years Mermaids, mythical animals, phoenix's have kept us enraptured in childhood One of granny's tales was of an ocean high above the Himalayas Hanging in mid air like a globe ruled by a magician king and his doting wife Sequinned scaly scalloping flagships in myriad colours float in water without being wet They could switch their coloured costumes and genders at random Their comic foolery held me in much delight Loving each other and holding flaps they swam in circles Singing sweetest songs quivered only to good children and gods They could open their flaps to swallow in fruit And shut like an umbrella to chew their juicy delight They could rock and roll into a wrap and twist and shake in feverish madness When sad and I shed a tear I was frightfully warned That the tear would scallop to their beautiful rainbow kingdom To choke out the music of one mellifluous scintillating sequinned fish My dreamscapes and reality have been filled with their enigmatic lives Of the fantasy fish fishing in their fruity coral reef in a fantasy ocean Balveen Cheema November 12, 2015 Contest: Fantasy Fish In A Fantasy Ocean Sponsor:Julia Ward