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Fish Bowl

Trapped in a bowl to live
On display to be picked apart
Every move watched and discussed
Judged by their own reflection in the mirror

Disconnect from the mind hive
Ignoring and avoiding a good start
Their word farts making me disgusted
The way of their thinking is sheer horror

Trapped in this bowl their vice
Control and manipulation impart
The are trapped in what

Categories: fish bowl, emotions, environment, freedom, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Fish Bowl

My life a fish bowl
Two directions
Only one path
Confessing it is
Circling seeking acceptance
No matter the direction no real result
Tired of swimming in this same bowel
Tired of lacking structure
Tired of regret
Tired of resentment
Tired of rage
Tired of not belonging
How does one free itself from this bowel
Jump outside myself i die
So i continue to swim around and around
This bowl

Categories: fish bowl, change,
Form: Free verse

Shaken Fish Bowl-Moving Or Not- -

Shaken fish bowl
You look upon me, at the bottom of the bowl;
Water’s moving am I though…

It appears, appearances dance;
Do I even have a chance;

While at a glance it seems I’m  down;
Water’s moving then am I NOW drown
;
What’s shaken, not stirred;
Am I alive or am I dead;

3/7/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©

Categories: fish bowl, adventure, allusion, analogy, imagery,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Life In a Fish Bowl

I am stuck in this zombie’s land
Where bubbles squirt out of plastic ships
Depressed fish swirling around themselves
Opening their mouths so they can breathe

I am stuck in this void grave yard
Where the pink sea shell opens his big mouth
To show off his fake glittery pearl 
When he sticks out his dark tongue

I am stuck in repeating

Categories: fish bowl, fish,
Form: Free verse

Human Fish Bowl

Naked trapped in a fish bowl
on public display
Like some creature in a zoo
I waste my life away
Although I bang and scratch
with bleeding finger nails
upon the glass
but people just ignore me
and walk on past

''Help''! I shout''
''Please someone let me out''!.

I'm finding it hard to breath
I wonder if I'll survive
every day is a living nightmare
as I cling

Categories: fish bowl, angst, cry, depression, sad,
Form: Free verse

Jelly In a Fish Bowl

I carried it, I married it
A jelly in a fish bowl
Wobble, wobble, wobble
What does it do?
Just dances, barely moving feet from the ground
Lazy lump
Shady stump
Giving martyrs a bad name!
Childish thing, making matters into a big scene
Making nothing out of nothing
My jelly in a fish bowl

Categories: fish bowl, natural disasters, fish,
Form: Free verse

My Fish Bowl

look i didnt come here to be a sinner or a saint
im not any of that no i aint
im just me myself and i
you know just the regular kinda guy
i do have feelings and i do cry
but look i didnt come here to dream or wish
im gonna do something because im a dam smart fish
and

Categories: fish bowl, ocean,
Form: I do not know?