For A Fish I Was Poem by Taylor Dubay

I WONT HESITATE NO MORE
I WILL CROSS THE SAND TO THE SHORE
WAS THAT A CRAB? !
I NERVOUSLY PICK MY SCAB
THE WATER CRAWLS ACROSS MY TOES
WHOA! YOU ARE WORSE THEN MOST FOES!
ICY PRICKLES SLITHER UP MY SPINE
AS I WATCH THE CRABS SCAMPER IN A LINE
I HEAR FROM ACROSS THE BEACH
MY MOTHER SCREECH
'GET IN THE WATER GIRL! '
SUDDENLY MY NERVES UNFURL
BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH
MY BROTHER, TUFF
PUSHED ME HARSHLY INTO THE SEA OF ICE
SUDDENLY I FELT THE SEARING SLICE
AND FELT AT HOME
FOR A FISH I WAS
LET IT BE