Cast Off

[Ambee]

The words spewed
from your volcanic lips,
cooled by the waters of your whirlpool eyes,
pull me under.
Baited.
From a debris-ridden current
I rise, reeled in like a fish
on a rusted hook,
jagged from misuse.
But when you free me from
the death-spattered metal
and examine me in sunshine's truthful light,
you will see scars kissing bruises
from my uphill journeys
through stone and stream.
My struggles have marred my shell,
but inside I am untouched.
My heart is clean.
To see that, you'd have to take me home
and slit my skin from neck to fin.
You don't have the heart, you say.
So you throw me back
to fight the crowded currents
while I search for another hook
so I can be reeled in
and cast off
once again.

[Sweet-ish]

Well, you already know how I feel about this one. ;) :D

[sft2hrdtco]

I rise, reeled in like a fish
on a rusted hook,


Oh, I see! That's why you have lockjaw in your picture.

[Ambee]

I rise, reeled in like a fish
on a rusted hook,


Oh, I see! That's why you have lockjaw in your picture.

Lol! Unfortunately, that's not me... That's my nephew.. :)

[sft2hrdtco]

:D Cute baby :D