Once a fish,
stressed by the surging seas,
took it upon herself
to flee to the depths.

She turned her head earthwards
and flashed her silken fins
toward the diminishing light
where unfamiliar things
hovered in the gloom.

Weak in the current
she drifted to a rocky place
where danger dwelt.
Bigger creatures with wide mouths
searched for the small fry.

She lingered in the shelter
of that hard face and

snap

before she knew it
she was gone.