The Salmon

A salmon swims upstream
struggling to make her way
past the rapid currents
that threaten to sweep her away

Her mind would reason loudly
with urgency and pain
Don't go there
just stay here
with familiarity and comfort near

Yet she could not mute that voice inside

insisting she take the plight

begging her to travel the extra mile

Despite the rationale of thinking
and the un-logicalness of feeling
she heads up the river backwards
forward into her life

So toward the river's basin
she fights a valient war
in a desperate attempt at happiness
she struggled very far

In the end her mind was right
her demise was at the end
but the very interesting thing is
her heart, it turns out was also right
she died in her own true skin