A Fish Is Just A Fish

A fish is just a fish.

Until it becomes the memory of your father teaching you how to cast for the first time.

Until it becomes the sunrise you watched from a boat long before life got complicated.

Until it becomes the quiet moment you finally felt at peace, listening to the water instead of your thoughts.

Until it becomes a reminder of home, of where you grew up, who you were, and who you still are.

Until it becomes a symbol of the bond you shared with someone who’s no longer here.

Until it becomes the feeling you carry with you, even when life looks nothing like it did back then.

A fish is just a fish,
Until you connect it to meaning.  
And once you do, 
it's never just a fish again.

As someone said once:
“The earth is just a rock, without the voices of art.”