Golden Fish

• Taylah Smith, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2018

I went to the river one day
I had a swim
I found a fish
It was looking golden
It played and started to skim
Around my feet
It started to bite
It gave me a fright
I swam back to shore
The golden fish followed
I wish I had a claw
I ran back home
I was all alone
Never again will I go