Wish Upon A Starfish
by Cap'n Meryl

This poem was written and recorded by Cap'n Meryl.  Click the play button to hear it.

WISH UPON A STARFISH

"Wish upon a starfish," said a crab beneath the sea.
He'd come across a starfish and felt lucky as could be.
"I wish I could live someplace else quite far away and not
So close to land where I could wind up in a cooking pot."

"Wish upon a starfish," said a turtle swimming by.
"I know what I would like," he said and breathed a gentle sigh.
"I'd like to be a member of a very special group.
We'd watch out for each other; not end up as turtle soup."

"Wish upon a starfish," said a lobster from below.
"I don't want to be a lobster 'cause in fact you never know.
With just an instant's carelessness a trap could capture me.
And in hot water I'd wind up and that's the end of me."

"Wish upon a starfish," said a sunfish to a clam.
"Whereupon the shellfish laughed," for he was quite a ham.
"I'd wish for legs, you know, so I could run and take a powder
For I've no wish to someday find myself in someone's chowder."

The starfish smiled as she was listening to the many wishes
Of all the creatures swimming by; of all the little fishes
And she alone wished nothing; she was quite content to be
The wishing star for others who inhabited the sea.
 

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