Frog





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I am a bit depressed.
As you can see everything around me is fake and so am I
Have a closer look at the leaf I'm sitting on
I hoped for a better life but no one gave me a hug or kiss.

It's not real, she said, and refused to do it,
although I jumped into the well and caught her golden bal.
Stupid, stupid, stupid...
I warned you said Mom, but you always know better so don't blame me
She hopped away and never returned.

I sit and face the dark
Fireflies like night lights, pinned and flying around
It's not real, I told you so, mom's voice echos through the air
Silence, no one around how to move on?

I sit and wait and wait and wait
It's hard to move a finger
Slowly I change
Not in the frog I once was but into a sculpture
It's not real, she said, you are fake and she is... right.



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