"You do look your very most splendid",
said the fish to the sea,
"I am overwhelmed to be leaving you: almost entirely, but not quite".
"Oh, but you are not leaving me", said the sea, with a whisper like fizz in the azure light of day,
"no,
you are not. I am with you always, in manner of speaking.
Perhaps not in my grasp, as I would like, but I will seize you as I wish,
if I wish, if I wish",
said the sea.
But the fish slip-silvered away,
laughing with glee
and was gone in the flick of a tail.
and a sillier fish
you never will see.
Photos: Playing, by fifi and jane Bowerbird.
12 comments:
Happiest in water are we.
In fish-tank in pond or in sea.
A watery playpen
of mischief and mayhem.
Our souls bubble up to be free.
I'm left here with a fish face in the the presence of all this fishy articulateness....
fishy post today.I love fish they are so cool.wish I could swim and enjoy the sea.looks like your having a great time.
Great pics, lovely words!
The colours are wonderful!
The sea in Scotland will be grey and very very cold...
But beautiful all the same.
Safe journey.
That was a beautiful entry and I love the pictures. Thank you for writing that ... and a nice counter point to all the sadness and pain I've been finding on the blogs of some of my blogger buddies in their recent entries.
hi fifi, how envious i am that you can be swimming at this time of the year. we would need a full-body wetsuit!!!
we are heading to coolangatta in 3 weeks time. wife will sun herself and shop, and kids & me will spend every opportunity in the water....
Absolutely magnanimous! It's like a scene stolen out of the little mermaid!
Bye fifi! Have a fabulous time!
Have you ever considered a career in children's writing? You strike such a lovely chord. You're very gifted!
I LOVE those images!
lovely, you flying fish! hope you've landed safely by now.
thank you for all those lovely comments.
I am far from the green sea now, surrounded by fog, but almost hysterical with excitement.
Hope you are all enjoying life, all of you, I shall post news soon.
fifi.
By the way, bratty, that was thr most amazing comment...I guess blogger can't accept cyrillic for some reason, but I did receive it and was exceptionally impressed...and translated the first line! wooo!!
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