UNREASONABLE DREAMS

I have always dreamt

Of having beautiful features

To fly close to places in the sky

Where my  eyes’ lovers lie 

But my mother

Always told me

Fishes swim

They do not fly

 

No matter how I flapped my tail

Bobbed the water and jumped,

I reached no further than deeper my waters

My mother used to cry in fear

Of me landing in a stranger’s net 

I always closed my eyes in defiance

Asking when I could have my beautiful wings

Now I am in a stranger’s net

Heading to where I do not know

My mother left for eternal journey

So there is none to miss my presence

The heat makes me wish for my cool waters

The fear makes me cry hot tears

If this is the way to have my wings

I choose to forever be a fish

But my voice can’t be heard

And other eyes in this net are casting nervousness

Making this cold blood boil.

   Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014