To A Small Fish It's Such A Big World Poem by Patti Masterman

When I'm drowning again, in my bowl of self pity
It's always made worse by the fact
I know I'm the one put me there;
For I'm the gift horse you can always refuse,
Offered so generously
Like a motherless baby, always looking for a home;
Grabbing everyone's leg, making eyes
Like a toddler learning to flirt,
Insinuating myself into circumstances
Where I have no business, and no future.
It's painful watching me humiliate myself
Again and again,
Because the feedback loops go around me;
I only see love everywhere
Because that's where I want to live:
Everything in the universe is a baited hook,
And it's a dangerous place to live
For an uncomplicated fish like me.