The Fish in the Trees

I saw a fish in the trees

Swimming through the branches

With its fins and its scales

Glittering in the sun.

I reached up to touch it

But it slipped away

Into the leaves

And was gone.

I looked around

But there was no one else

Who had seen the fish

In the trees.

I wondered if I had imagined it

But I knew I hadn't

Because I could still see the ripples

Where it had swum.

I never saw the fish again

But I never forgot it

Because it was a reminder

That anything is possible.

I thought about the fish

For days and weeks

And months and years.

I wondered where it came from

And where it went.

I wondered what it meant

To see a fish in the trees.

I came to believe

That the fish was a symbol

Of hope and possibility.

It was a reminder

That we can achieve anything

If we set our minds to it.

The fish in the trees

Was a gift

From the universe

To remind us

That anything is possible.