Emo - The Fighter Fish

She looks up at me
with eyes full of hope -
Hope that I will switch on the bulb
and cut the darkness engulfing her
Hope that I will give her the three tablets
each night that she needs
to stay alive
Hope that we'll be there for each other till another sunrise.

She comes running
every time I knock her door
Cutting through the water
With all that she has,
hoping that her hopes will find light.

She reminds me of a story I had heard long back :
To punish the King of Greece, Zeus - The Greek God,
had sent Pandora  on Earth with a forbidden box.
But curiosity got the better of her and she
opened the box - out came plague and misery and diseases.
Pandora shut the box just in time,
and Hope couldn't escape.
That's all that we have, that's all that we are left with - Hope.

So how do I tell my little Blue Fighter Fish
that I am also sitting back hoping
that one day my hopes will find their light, too.
How do I tell her that I am so similar to her -
only our fishbowls are different.