Flying Fish Poem by Alison Mujati

I was gifted
To speed agility and pride
The air and the water, some places to hide.

I'm not savage like no sea monster
But my wings too can't take me to trees like birds
I play along fantasy and worst nightmares.

When danger tracks me in the deep blue.
I glide in waves like a leaf in the wind.
More like a swimming champion but not.

The dragon chasing me has a crown overhead.
Similar stature of a hunter and im the hunted.
Same price different outcome.

When the monster wins, I'm prey
When I win, a life victory fills up
More like a game but a fatal one.

It gets worse before it gets better
Serrated teeth has a jagged edge
I can't comfort them with my tender steak

And I spread my wings above the ocean.
Good explanation for something in the water.
I see beauty in vain.

A wonder of creation I wish to admire.
Good terms on a mighty note.
I could sing a song watching over.

But time isn't what I have.
The devil is breathing fire behind me.
His bargain takes me to hell.

I live on diving and flying.
Never letting go so easily
My life depends on it.

As I rise again into the air,
Birds of air hover around, like hornets on nest
A claw and a bite ends my destiny.

Is it what they Called between the devil,
And the deep blue sea?
Or from a frying pan into the fire?

My next dive should be of extended sleep.
I hope the pit of a mouth below won't open.
Just at right time to sink me in.

If I survive then I will swim to the edge of the sea.
To the edge where my home deposits debris.
There too is a place I can call home