If I Were An Aninal

Kids dreaming of other lives

Oh how I wish to be a fish
And Swim the silver stream
splashing about with river trout
would really be a dream.

To be a bird you say absurd 
but I would love to fly, 
to dive to swoop to loop the loop 
Touching the deep blue sky.

Now fancy that to be a cat 
and play outside all night, 
to take the air without a care 
beneath the soft moonlight.

A dog maybe would more be me 
chasing a rubber ball, 
With one desire a nice warm fire 
where I could curl up small.

Or a giraffe oh what a laugh
With neck so long and thin,
Eating the leaves from slender trees
With spots upon my skin.

No wait a while a crocodile
With teeth so sharp and white,
I'd guard the swamp with jaws that chomp
So best beware my bite.

Hippos are nice and so are mice
a rhino would be good,
a shark an ant or elephant
A hog waist deep in mud.

But I am me as you can see
and you are you of course,
But if you could I bet you would
Prefere to be a horse.

Reviews

[Baz]

Another classic from the best children's poet here bar NONE!!! Love it. I hope this is coming to an iPad near me soon. Superb.

[Craig Thomas]

Great read. Your style is right up my street.

To be a shark would be a lark
Now that would be a wish
To stalk the reef, with gleaming teeth
and gobble all the fish

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loved it...the ending..the moral ..the structure..again you show your control and understanding of metered poetry..

[J Todd Underhill]

I love the internal rhyme on lines 1 and 3 of each stanza you poetics on this one is remarkable and only further proves why I read your work each time I see a new piece

[Rebecca]

This is a great poem! I really enjoyed reading it, and the rhymes and rthym kept me flowing till the very end. I hope to see more from you soon.

[LadyKarissa]

Wonderful poem. Don't we all wish we were something else rather than what we are. We are all just two legged animals. We are not satisfied with our lives. Great work here and keep writing. Lucie