If You’ve Never Been Deep Sea Fishing

If You’ve Never Been Deep Sea Fishing

By Joshua B.

 

If you’ve never been deep sea fishing,

You don’t know the water.

The water you see when deep sea fishing is extravagant.

It’s murky, mysterious,

Green water is lonely and sad.

It drills a cold hole of sadness and despair in your heart.

If you’ve never been deep sea fishing,

You don’t know the water.

 

If you’ve never been deep sea fishing,

You don’t know sadness.

You’ve never experienced the horrible sadness 

Of losing a fish you know was big enough to keep.

Your veins are frozen stiff,

As you think about how hard you fought to land that striper.

 

If you’ve never been deep sea fishing,

You don’t know sadness,

The sadness of losing a fish you tried so hard to land.

It makes you feel heartbroken.

Oh, you so badly wanted that fish!

If you’ve never been deep sea fishing,

You don’t know sadness.

 

If you’ve never been deep sea fishing,

You don’t know joy.

The joy of reeling in a fish is amazing!

It fills your heart with joy, happiness, thrill!

 

If you’ve never been deep sea fishing,

You don’t know the spray.

The spray blows wildly in your face as you zip around,

Cutting through the water on a motorboat.

If you’ve never been deep sea fishing,

You don’t know the joy and the spray,

The wonderful obsession of fishing.

 

My hair is the spray,

My lungs are filled with fresh, salty sea air,

My skin is the murky sea water.

 

Fishing is around me.

Fishing is a part of me.

Fishing is me.

I am the fish.

 

3 Comments


  1. This poem shows so much thought and effort! Every section gave me a lot to think about plus words I wanted to savor because they were so carefully chosen. An example is where you described the water as murky and mysterious, drilling a cold hole of sadness. Wow!

    When I went deep sea fishing last, I spent a lot more time breathing in the salty breeze and feeling like a brave explorer than feeling despair over my lack of fish on the line. 🐠🐟🦀🦂🦐🐋 I wanted to see a whale!

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  2. I have never been deep sea fishing. What is it like? I think you used really descriptive words.

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  3. Wow, what powerful images you paint with your words! You have crafted such depth and feeling in your writing, very well done!

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