First Fish

by David Caplan

In a stream there are many fish, but in the streams that run in the depths, the deepest part of me,

there are primal fishÐfirst fish, fish that are not, nor ever will be fish,

but are the stuff from which all fish sprang.

Old, so old they proceed life as I know it.

And I have beheld them, watched in horror as they sat there in the waters inside of me as a child.

So young, scared stiff in my bed as I dreamed of themÉ Saw them...

But I miss them so. My dreams, I miss them so. Old Fish come back... Please.

First Fish

©2000 David Caplan