Mobius Amphibious, a fish with bugging eyes
Freed of all aquatic depths to rise into the tide
Sultry scales of watered gray, that helped him to deny
That he was just an ugly thing that spawned from ugly kind
He found the shore and saw the feet, that walked on all five toes
Ignored by they who seemed complete, and basked above the flow
Like buildings made of bone and flesh, he wanted them to know
That he was happy to be seen despite his gaze so low
A wriggled fit would bring him close to the warmer churning current
Brushed against the soft caress of the walking beast deterrent
But it panicked, tumbled, splashed; and ran away to land
And rocks did rain upon our friend, who did not understand
Mobius concerned himself, and fled to quiet reef
He swam so well and was so sleek, despite his small physique
What did they not see in him that he had meant to seek?
Would they not accept him if he stood below their reach?
Their garbled voice did sound to him before he settled still
Fretting of his touch and stench and questioning his will
But he was good and only wished to puddle at their soles
Loving them as friends without a language to control
Maybe with their arms and legs he'd do without his fins
And love them and have love returned despite his clammy skin
And he would laugh and learn to change himself from deep within
From fish to humankind that lives above the sea again
Silly thoughts for silly fish, forever ocean-bound
A bugging eye transfixed upon the life on drier ground
Mobius will feel a fool for being born as is
Watching as the sun does set, forgetting how to swim.