My world is a dream. I make up things in my life to play out and make things more interesting. My mind believes so fully these illusions that I can actually see what I dream in the world that is other peoples' reality. Everything is amplified. Bright colored games and dark fears bubble in the dear swamp of mind. I am a frog hopping through this vast fantasy. I feed off of its power and nurish the world with the oddities of my imagination. To dwell in the ordinary the flesh would surely dry and crumble off of my froggy body. Twisted magical trees clamber their way up higher and try as I may to overcome my fears and climb up further than before, I cannot. Perhaps it is only a matter of time before all of the variables needed for the corruption to take place are in order. Then I might be forever lost. Maybe Ill return to visit on occasion, but all that I love is there already. Why not I? Morals still remain..that is why. Ill shove them out and persue the imaginary even more. The warmth and wonder of this place soothes and rocks me. Swaying all day long in a chair or on the floor. I do not see most of these people. Silly little frog that I am. I am immune to their words for the most part. Then one word may strike deep down and pull me back... This is my world. Where I belong. let me stay. If they knew theyd take me to the zoo. Such a small frog is best left alone, to hide in the rotting logs and muddy banks of her swamp. Then the sreeching birds that want to peck me to my death swarm above. Terribly annoying caws and fancy black wings surround me entirely though I play dead and can not hear them. This makes them angier still and I will have to hide in my home for days until they leave me alone. Is it so wrong that I prefer solitude and darkness? When will people learn to let the animals be. Do not disect them or capture them. Allow them to wander in the wild. Despite your views or concerns they will manage. I will manage too. I am a frog. I know how to love. I know how to live. I know how to fight. and I know what I want. Let me.