Zoo Part 1

I see you

Like a child sees a zoo elephant

Too big for sagging skin, oversized, dehydrated, awkward

You’re embarrassing to look at

They don’t take care of you here.

I didn’t know pity wasn’t love,

I wanted to put some water in a bowl for you

And fold you up in my skin, instead

I wanted to pick you a flower

I did,

But your eyesight was poor, you kept

Running into the sides of your cage

You trampled it before you even noticed it was there

I should have felt sorry for you, but I only felt sorry for myself,

Because I had to watch

From the powerless side of the glass