Aquarium of Dreams

words
pour onto the black
page the ink
is white
a fish swims next
to me as I walk
down an empty
path

oxygen
unnecessary constraints
of the human
body tossed
aside to
swim

flashback
aboard a pirate
ship not at its time
of glory
battle almost at an
end I feel
myself pushed off
the edge

left
to drown yet
fail to breathe
the water is
cold
freezing
a memory of past
life's death

a child
reaching out
hand meets glass
of the clear
cage
an aquarium holding
fish of dreams