dr salerian poem "its over"

                                               It’s Over

                                                     Love, Salerian AJ,oil painting

That summer day

 On the tall boat by the big Island

 When you said

“It’s over”

 A fat fish asleep in my stomach

 Stopped breathing

 Not flapping wings

 My lungs too ceased inhaling air

 Dumbfounded by misery

 Immense pain of sheer envy

Envy of a fat fish

Realizing

I love you

And watching a big fat fish

Jumping high

 Swimming wild

 Speaking softly

“it’s never over

 Till the fat lady sings”