Fish Eye

A sonnet

photo by William J Spirdione

Have you looked into the eyes of a fish?
When the fish stared back, did you look away?
Shy exchange of glances, a furtive wish.
Others, not as different as some say.

One lives on dry land with lungs breathing air.
One swims under water breathing with gills.
The ponds surface is a place both can share.
Some sort of need that the…