Nemo

We all experienced

A moment in time where we felt

Like the underdog

A small orange clownfish

With white vertical candy stripes

Crippled, one fin bigger than the other

Like an unbalanced scale

Seeking to prove independence

Like a prisoner behind bars

Swimming in a pool of desperation

Aimlessly awaiting

Then, the sunlight peeked its head

over the glistening ripples of the sea

An opportunity!

Not your average school day

Attendance was deficient by one

Where was the class clown?

The search was on

A quest for a convict

Snatched by the net

Into a fish tank carnival

at the dentist office

Laying lifeless

Ophelia amongst the reefs

Flushed down the abyss

Like a heap of excrement

Surrounded by soiled water

Met with a paternal reunion

Of expanded gills and vibrant scales

The clownfish is redeemed