Goldfish

• Nadine Story, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2005

I am the ruler
I reign supreme,
Of my castle
My seaweed so green,
Mere minnows bow down
When I swim by,
My subjects, my treasure
"I own it all!" I cry,
But a ruler must tell the truth
And the truth is, on the whole;
I am a simple goldfish
Ruler of my simple fish bowl!