Big Fish, Small Fish
- a Poem
- by Gowri
If you were born in the aquarium,
Bred in the aquarium,
And by the aquarium, your final omen-
Would you have ever known the ocean?
If your life was a glorified fishbowl effect,
And your curtains have scarcely ever met,
Within closed doors, what would you do?
Would you know to sing a song or two?
If the fluorescent light begins to fade,
And your focus shifts from the man-made,
Would you be able to take in the sun?
Or is this a battle the system has won?
Gowri
from Thiruvananthapuram, in Kerala, India, chooses to deal with her quarter life crisis by whipping up coffee at 2 am and painting what she later refers to as abstract art. She regrets her dwindling reading and writing habits and would jump at the opportunity to revive them. This is her trying.
