Philip Daniel Cook

A Big Fish In The Small Tank

I am looking for myself

in it all, but I can\'t I will

just go.

To fall.

What is not 
best suited for me.


I have grown too

from this too big 

to fit in with the small stuff.

Too big I suppose.

For you all.

The place I am in.

Chalked off.

 

In this

insignificant and droll. 

In creature
comforts; know your role.
 

...in these dark waters too close to each other.

To know who you are without it.

I want to believe in the dream

of a big fish swimming free.

I\'ll take it in, as for my health
to swim with you in this place.
In my own bed of coral rocks and
sand pebbles.
With those that share the same
space and not feel it is going
to shatter and break.

But I wanted to explore 
where there are those 
like this big fish maybe?

But will it lead to disasters

where what is this home?

Is where I was in place.

More than a little uncomforting 

to challenge your spaces.

Is it even possible?