Feb 212005

once upon a time there was a goldfish who lived happily in an aquarium
he had everything he needed in the aquarium, food, warmth, plenty of space
but every day he would stare out through the glass
a seemingly endless world existed outside of his glass walls and he wanted to experience it

so one day, the goldfish foolishly decided to make his move
he swam with all his might to the surface and flew out of the water and over the edge

for about 2 seconds he felt as free as a bird and the world was his

but then the goldfish realized that he had made a foolish mistake
he realized he could not survive outside of the aquarium he had left behind
and he wanted badly to go back, but he couldn’t

as he lay there on the carpet, gasping for breath, flapping around helplessly,
he looked back up inside the glass walls and knew he could never go back