A fish that fights a reel

by East Poetry   Apr 2, 2009


As I sit here in the solitude,
and deal with how I feel.
Caught up by love snares giant hook,
like a fish that fights a reel.

Tethered to an out swept line,
this trap construed by me.
As if its all just make believe,
for it's my choice to be free.

You reel me in, and let me out.
Yet connected, I seem still,
to a never ending battle
against the power of your reel.

Sometimes your gaze alone
brings me into you with ease.
Susceptible to your cunning lure.
You do so as you please.

But then I fight and pull away,
so sick of all your games.
Angry that your stringer's
filling up with other names.

I can tell you want the little fish
that worship you all day.
Assuming I will linger round
and choose not to swim away.

I will search for other spinners,
and be attracted by new lures.
Whether coming from the other boats,
or coming from the shores.

I will swim so very far away,
while I watch our reel unwind.
As it represents my love for you,
and lingers on my mind.

And as I pull away,
I face my biggest fear.
How long the spool will last?

And will it disappear?

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  • 11 years ago

    by L

    I will search for other spinners,
    and be attracted by new lures.
    Whether coming from the other boats,
    or coming from the shores.

    --- I like this stanza the most, I like the flow of it.

    I thought you meant that you will find someone else... or something like that.

  • 14 years ago

    by Karl Wild GG23

    You switched up your rhyme scheme in the third stanza and rhymed still with reel, why did you do that? Then again you rhymed lures with shores and it completely through me off again haha I like the idea though of being hooked by love and trying to fight it but no matter how hard you fight you just can't get away. Good job but I'd look to switch those words for flow reasons and to correct the rhyme, should be easy though so 5/5

  • 14 years ago

    by KJ

    The rhyme is what really stood out most to me in this piece. I loved how the 2nd and 4th lines rhymed. Im trying to break out of the standard 4-Line-Stanza poems. But this was a great read.

    Sometimes your gaze alone
    brings me into you with ease.
    Susceptible to your cunning lure.
    You do so as you please.

    ^^my favorite stanza

    Great job.
    5/5 <---couldnt give you anything less for something so perfectly written
    --Kay Jay

  • 14 years ago

    by Mimed Lovette

    I love this poem of yours!
    The comparison of a fisher's reel to the allure of love is exceptional. Great imagery I may say.
    This stanza beckons to me the most:
    But then I fight and pull away,
    so sick of all your games.
    Angry that your stringer's
    filling up with other names.

    It's amazing how these little words can bring across a bigger meaning to your readers. Good work! 5/5

  • 14 years ago

    by Em

    Perfect and unique, 5/5. Em

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