From inside the Aquarium

From inside the Aquarium




Have you ever wondered ...
whether you´re INSIDE the aquarium looking out
or outside the aquarium looking in?
... And which you would rather be?

I know what my cat would want, certainly at moments like this?
But do I?
Do you?

Looking in, well, it´s the front line seat of all the action;
you see the drama, the fun, the pain ...
but you never get hurt, not really.

Looking out, well, you´re not really looking out for a start;
more often than not, you don´t even notice the outside,
because you´re so engrossed in your own drama.
... the fun, the song, the dance, the pain ...
oh, yes, forever the pain ...
maybe more so than fun.

And yet,
the more I think about it,
I´d rather swim with the piranhas,
get bitten by crabs,
make faces at the cat glued to the glass ...

At the end of the day, it´s rather like that song:
... I could have missed the pain,

but then I´d have had to miss the dance."


Oh, but I don´t want to miss the dance!
Not then, not now, not ever ...

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Well, we all have confines to our existence in the social structure, just like the fish, but I'm always looking out for more. I wonder sometimes what NORMAL is.

in all reality id rather be outside lookin in because its nothin like the life that you live people may think that life is horrible but everything happens for a reason thats why you are outside lookin in

[THE BLACK SEAL]

well my self being an expert authority in aquariums and aquatic life i was drawn to this one.
You give an interesting perspective and it could be used to expound on the dualities of existance