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Small Fish

Holding onto a rail.
I lean over to see my reflection
mirrored in the water 
and small fish swimming
in the camouflage of me.

I muse whether they are feeding
on my thoughts, nibbling
on the strands that loosely 
float my day, making 
their easy way towards
a dark clumped deep
in my shadow.

I can almost feel 
their small fins brush the inside
of my skull, following
the course of a fear,
threading passage
through a weedy tangle 
of doubt.

Then, swimming deeper,
their excitement seems 
to grow in what they find,
feeding on something
that is hidden from me,
beyond the reflection
of my own mind.


Copyright © Paul Willason

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