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The Fish in the Ocean

The Fish in the Ocean

The fish in the ocean and birds in the sky

Have more freedom than you or I

The leopards on the savannah the crabs on the beach

Learn more than our schools have to teach

The elephants on the plains, the ants on the dirt

Find it much harder than we to get hurt

The parrots in the forest, the bears in the ice 

Eat healthier than our pizza and chips and soda and rice 

The peacocks in monsoon and the nightingales in the trees 

Don't worry about mosquitoes and flies and bees 

The monkeys swinging over our heads 

Don't worry about houses and beds 

The dolphins diving through the sea 

Don't worry about studying or getting a degree 

The dogs roaming through the streets 

Only worry about their eats 

Morning

It's morning all, time to awake,Don't sleep in for sleeping's sakeThe air is deliciously fresh and cleanDewdrops on grass enhancing the green
Trees swaying in the breezeBirds flying with total easeSquirrels jumping with reckless abandonFlowers drinking the warmth of the sun
Sunday, funday, humans rejoiceAs the chattering creatures find their voiceChirping, laughing, blowing windAre with laughing, chatting, crying entwined

Shapes in the clouds

Clouds form dragons and volcanoes oozing lava
There is a bakery in the sky, with cakes and bread and baklava
Craggy mountains overlooking a dusty desert
Salty water washing over loamy dirt

Unicorns galloping and phoenixes soaring
Bubbling brooks, and waterfalls pouring
Towering skyscrapers near peaceful country homesteads
Sun shining bright over fluffy mattresses and beds

Boats sailing into treacherous cyclones
Cheery fairies flying into a skull and crossbones
Music notes drifting lazing away from a songbird
Was sweeter music ever heard?

Lightning bolts and licking flames
Laughing children playing games
Lions and rabbits in harmony
A piano playing a symphony

Aquarium

The blue and purple coral covering the bottom like grass
The stagnant water shimmering and shining like glass
A myriad of fish in all colours swim through the Tank
Some under our feet, some in the ceiling, gorgeous to be frank

Every direction you could turn, up down left right
Is a glass covered, fish filled beauty, such a sight
A red fish conspicuous between her white friends
Race her sisters to all the corners and ends

The wooden door frame seems to be the safe spot
In a game of Sharks and Minnows, none distraught
None unhappy, all joyful, truly this must be to show us 
The futility of the life we live, striving for happiness

Never reaching it, always a step behind, forever running after the unattainable
Elusive it may be, but once we are content, it will be stable
A fingertip away, for us to touch but never to grab
If we try it may pinch us, like an ill tempered crab

Secret Garden

Butterflies here and there

Flutter fast and slow through the air

Serene, beautiful, not a sound

Breaks the silence all around

The air smells of air after it rains

Butterflies feasting on nectar and pollen grains

In the beautiful, otherworldly garden

Slim, childish shoots become trees and harden

However, outside, folks are woefully ignorant

Of this little clearing's flowers, silence, and scent

QuotableQuotes2

"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light"                    -Albus Dumbledore

"I'm nobody. History won't remember me. Stories won't be told about me, but I won't let that stop me from fighting for what's right.  You are Arthur Pendragon. No matter what happens today, I know for a fact that your story will be told. But it's up to you what legacy you leave behind-- an epitaph... or a legend."

                    - Hisirdoux 'Douxie' Casperan; Wizards of Arcadia

“These items make up my existence. The library tells my story, the mastodon my mistakes, the ship my discoveries and my abilities to make old things new without magic, and the whale...my limitations, I suppose.”

                    - Marcus Today; The UnwantedsTIS

"That stuff can kill you from the inside, Hiccup. Revenge, anger, obsession. Trust me, I know. It can make you do things you never thought you were capable of. Cause you to take chances, make mistakes. And if that doesn't end you, it'll eat at you slowly"

                    - Dagur the Deranged; HTTYD- Race to the Edge

"Even the word hopeless is not devoid of hope"

                    -Blinkous 'Blinky' Galadrigal; Trollhunters

"Life isn't mangoes and milk tarts, Will"

                    -Captain Browne; Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

"Passion is what must take the place of fury. Passion makes us want to live another day, to try to do the right thing. Passion contains love and fear and anger and motivation. Passion keeps you fighting when you want to give up."

                    -Lisa Mcmann; The Unwanteds: The Island of Legends

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on"

            - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Your glasses are invisible, and through them you see only yourself. You must turn your lenses around. Windows, not mirrors."

                    - Ishibashi; The Unwanteds: The Island of Graves

Sensory Overload

 

Colours blur together

As sky flips to ground

Noises bleed together

An overwhelming sound

A faint realisation 

Drowned out by waves of fears

Blood tastes like metal

And sad, salty tears

Soft and hard

Flesh and things not alive

Pressing against skin

Pain flowing from inside

Shouts of panic

People crowding around

Overcome once more

Sinking in a sea of evils abound

I can't see

I can't hear

I can't think

All I feel is fear

Massacre

The blood on the streets mingles with the dust

Turning it a brown red, the colour of rust

Broken pained bodies litter the ground

Surrounded with weeping relatives, confused children all around

The survivors live, with empty eyes and emptier souls

Never forgetting the massacre, never again whole

During sleep, with the images burned into the back of their eyes

In their dreams, all that is seen is red, even the bright blue skies

I Want Bread, and Roses too

I want life and a reason to live

I want enough to eat, and enough to give

I want fire to cook and fire for a torch

I want to sleep in a house and let others do so on my porch

I want to sing and raise my voice

I want to be happy and watch others rejoice

I want sustenance and beauty true

I want bread, and roses too

QuotebleQuotes

 "A villain is a victim whose story has never been told"

                    - Chris Colfer

 "I don't have an attitude problem. You have a problem with my attitude and that's not my problem"

                    - PotterheadAnya

"Judge me, and I'll prove you wrong"

                    -Anonymous

"Sweet as sugar, hard as ice, cross me once, I'll shoot you twice"

                    -Anonymous

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

                    -Albert Einstein

"Be the change you wish to see in the world"

                    -Mahatma Gandhi

"Life is like playing cards. The way you behave is fatalism. The way you play is free will"

                    -Jawaharlal Nehru

"When a doctor makes a mistake a person goes six feet under. When a judge makes a mistake, a person is hung six feet above the ground. But when a teacher makes a mistake, the entire batch of students is spoiled."

                    -Sudha Murthy

"Swaraj is our birth right, and we shall have it."

                    - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

"May Quill prevail when the strong survive"

                    - High Priest Justine; The Unwanteds

"Destiny is a gift. Some go their entire lives, living their lives as a quiet desperation, never learning that whet feels like a burden pushing down on our shoulders is actually a sense of purpose that lifts us to greater heights. Never forget that fear is but the precursor of valour, that to strive and triumph in the face of fear is what it means to be a hero. Don't think. Become. "

                    - Blinkous 'Blinky' Galadrigal; Troll Hunters

"Wouldn't you say life's too short to hold grudges?"

                    -Hisirdoux 'Douxie' Casperan; Wizards of Arcadia

"Ha! Don't you know that the trapper's trap can trap the trapper?! Oh gods, I must be losing it, I'm quoting Dagur!"

                    -Hiccup Haddock; HTTYD Race to the Edge