Five Ways To Look At A Tadpole - Eden

Five Ways To Look At A Tadpole
by Eden of @the.autisticats

I.
the tadpole pushes away 
its captor 
its protector 
the provider

II.
the water is thick with cold 
the tadpole wishes it could be
as red as the painted sky

III.
orbs in the dark glisten and 
the tadpole thinks “once, 
I shined too”

IV.
frogs sing under moonlight 
the lake is deep and 
the tadpole yearns for a voice

V.
sand covers the tadpole 
gentle and rough 
an aimless satin sheet