Fish Depression Poem by Remy Acmic

Do fish get depressed?
This question has been swimming around in my head like the fish I met in a hotel room.
He was a small sad looking goldfish the sign under his name was Bruce Lee.
There I was trying to enjoy my vacation And there was Bruce lee totally still, his lower fin grazing the clear faux rocks on the bottom of his home.When he did finally move, just slightly, I got the sense that he would prefer to be dead.
Not going lie but it was kind of a mood killer
And so I go to the front desk and I'm like "I know this is going to sound crazy but I think you're fish is depressed"
And the lady at the front desk laughs at me
"Fish can't be depressed." She says
But I think she's wrong because the look in those little goldfish eyes is the same look I see in the eyes of the mirror I look into in the morning.
And so I pull out my phone and I google it.
Do fish get depressed?
And after about four hours of scrolling I feel like I'm now an expert on the subject.
I have a PhD in fish psychology from the university of too much time on my hands.
And it turns out not only can fish get depressed but they can also get lonely and stressed and
And
And
Am I a fish?
There has to be a reason I feel these things
And I can't think of one
And I'm not a fish
But my mind is swimming
My lungs are filling up with water
And I am drowning in my own mode
And I watch Bruce Lee swimming circles around his tank doing the same thing day after day
A repetitive cycle I can relate to
I came here to escape and yet I looked to that tank and see a reflection of myself in sad fish
But unlike him I'm not trapped here I can leave anytime
So why don't I just walk out this door
I think it's because I feel bad for Bruce he's alone in his tank
And right now we are each other's only company
I don't want to walk away
I don't want him to be alone
But I don't want to be alone
I wonder if he ever thinks about leaving his little bowl
Does he want to jump out in to the big wide world
Does he know there is no future out there for him
Is there a future out there for me
I don't know
But there is no future in the bowl
And there is none out of it
I'm swimming in circles
So yes I know fish can get depressed
But I wonder can fish be happy
Can I be happy
Or am I just stuck treading water
Forever
Oh see how I've spiraled
Like a fish getting flushed down a toilet
It's crazy how this all started with a simple question
Can fish get depressed
But I think these thoughts were here before the question
The question just lit it up for me
Putting the word depressed in my mind for the first time
And maybe
Just maybe I thought if fish can have depression maybe I can to