In an attempt to reawaken young Andrew’s passion for photography I took it upon myself to suggest a daily prompt style holiday competition. Whilst I strived to evoke the prompt in words, Sir Android’s task would be to capture the same prompt photographically. Given his penchant for a little healthy competition, I assumed he would be eager to jump on the bandwagon but alas, several days in, Anders complained of feeling too pressured to create and opted out! I nonetheless continued to amuse myself by penning a daily ditty, the first prompt of the week being ‘Fish’.
A Wish to be a Fish
It is a very human wish
To swim with life just like a fish
Cool water on my shiny gills
I’m light and lithe and splash at will
Until I gasp a tasty fly
A zesty burst, I leap up high
Plunge down again, must not forget
Us fishy folks need to stay wet
Meandering with what transpires
The river’s deep, I never tire
Just swim at whim, my tail a flapping
The fresh stream water gently lapping
There is a lot that we may learn
If for a fish’s life we yearn
Be not too stern or too officious
Swim like a fish, it’s quite delicious
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Love this Sam. So much fun 🐟
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Thanks Miriam. How are you? It’s a lovely, sunny day this end and I jogged into work so feeling good 🙂
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Good for you Sam. It was a beautiful day here today too. Now it’s 8pm and I’m chilling on the couch. Happy Tuesday. 🙂
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Enjoy – chilling is massively underrated! 🙂
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Oh it is indeed. But I think I’ve perfected it! 😊
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