A Message From A Fish

A  Message From a Fish

                                                    I am a fish and I know some things.

                                         You want to catch me but I want to catch you.

                                                         I have a way of diving deep.

                                                My thoughts are going to speak to you

                                                     If you dive deep, yes deep within.

                                                        Way down deep inside of you

                                              Where that still small voice abides in you

                                            Which you did not hear because you were

                                                            Just skimming the surface.

                                      But you see I have learned that the surface is loud

              For the waves are always breaking. The birds can dive right in the surface.

                         The light penetrates into the surface and you can see so much,

                                                       but not everything

                                    For did you know that you can also see in the dark.

                                               It's dark down deep from where I come.

                                                          I hear no noise, I see no light.

                      Nothing distracts me so I can be alone, and quiet, and remember.

It's hard to remember when you are near the surface.

Too much to see and hear and touch.

                                               Things that fascinate, things that frighten.

                                           Things that just fill my mind up crowding out

                                                                   Any time to reflect.

                                        I stay so busy, busy, busy all the time when I am

                          Staying on the surface never knowing that there is any reason

                                                                        To go Deeper

                                   To stop the searching, always searching for the Truth.

                                              Deep, deep down inside the Truth abides

                                                       Hidden there just like a treasure

                                            But not found easily for you have to want it.

                                               You have to desire it with all your being

                                          And be willing to say, "I will be still and listen"

                                           And even to be willing to have been wrong.

                        Wrong in what I thought, what I said, what I did, what I believed.

                                           Wrong but not condemned, only corrected.

                                              For love abides deep down inside of you

                                                       Unconditional love such as says

                                    I forgive you for you knew not what you were doing.

                                     I am the magic fish you know that grants your wish

                                   If you will not wish to rule the sun, the moon, the stars.

                                    But if you wish the only wish that you will ever need.

                                                    Not to rule, control, possess, dictate

                                         But to create with the truth, with understanding.

                                                     I am a fish who has a wish for you

                                           And it's my wish that you knew the truth I do.