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Wish the Fish 01 (obedience)
by louis gander ONCE upon a splashing time a little fish wished he could rhyme. But 'Wish the Fish' lived in the sea and seemed to bring calamity. --- Now Wish was just a little fish, Blue, red, yellow - oh, and greenish. He loved his mom 'cause she was nice but sometimes gave too much advice. Wish thought, so crude, the meals she stewed. They tasted more like people food. But mom said, "Eat. Eat ev'ry bean." Just eat until your plate is clean." Now mom's advice to clean his plate was wrong, Wish thought. He seldom ate. (He'd take his fork, scrape off her cookin' - then hid it when she wasn't lookin'). So no, Wish didn't eat too much until his hunger pangs were such he gobbled down his candy bars and emptied all mom's cookie jars. The next day, ohhh, the stomach ache! And then mom offered cream and cake. Wish turned her down, not once, but twice and wished he'd taken her advice. --- The moral of this poem's great, if everyone would love, not hate: obedience! Copyright 2021 by louis gander. Poetry for sermons, story poems and more... If you love story poems, then you'll love ganderpoems.org / no ads, no sign-up, no tracking. Just free inspirational poetry. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |