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One Last Wish

a little fish 
  washed up on shore
I checked its gills
  it breathed no more

and then a wave
  came rushing in
swept up the fish
  by its tail fin

back out to sea
  spun round and round
the poor dead fish
  at last it drowned

it seems to me
  I am that fish
the sea never grants
  one last wish

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 12/17/2021 8:04:00 AM lovely metaphoric write Login to Reply

Lindsay Laurie Date: 12/11/2021 5:49:00 PM Hello Gershon ... the sea holds many mysteries and perhaps, we are no different - thanks Gershon - Lindsay Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/12/2021 4:46:00 PM Good point. After all, we're somewhere between 70% and 90% water, depending on what chemistry text you used back in the day. lol. Peace, Lindsay.

Lin Lane Date: 12/11/2021 7:00:00 AM Question, GW. If a fish is dead, can it drown? Pondering that thought, but it makes for a good brain exercise. ha ha Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/12/2021 4:41:00 PM Haha. How do fish sleep with their eyes wide open, anyway?! lol. Thanks, Lin. :) gw

Mike Gentile Date: 12/11/2021 5:54:00 AM Perhaps his last wish wasn't to live longer, perhaps ask Neptune!! very interesting and thought provoking!! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/12/2021 4:41:00 PM You could be right, Mike. People are certainly unpredictable. Most I know want to live as long as they can, yet I know there must be many who don't want to suffer through their final years/months/days....

Paghunda Zahid Date: 12/10/2021 6:30:00 AM That's a great write. May you breath, when the waves take you in Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/12/2021 4:39:00 PM I hope that I do, Paghunda. Thanks, gw

John Lawless Date: 12/10/2021 5:44:00 AM ...I think all living creatures cling to that one last parting breath.....or not. eh Gershon.... Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/12/2021 4:39:00 PM I think most do, anyway.

Anselmo Boles Date: 12/10/2021 1:41:00 AM In essence, not everyone is given the chance to reach the finish line. Am I close? Another thought-provoking piece Gershon! Great....ab Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/12/2021 4:37:00 PM Not only are you close, Anselmo. You are spot-on. Thanks, gw

L Milton Hankins Date: 12/9/2021 8:00:00 PM I couldn't help but think of Jonah, gw. Whether he cried out while languishing in the belly of the fish, definitely drowning in the gall. It seems he got another chance. Login to Reply

Valsa George Date: 12/9/2021 7:49:00 PM You could have avoided the analogy at the end. You are not a dead fish, but a fish darting up and down cutting across the waves :) :) Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 12/12/2021 4:27:00 PM So, Valsa: Why do I feel like a dead fish so often? Ha, ha. :) gw