My Greatest Adversaries

The white whale that hides in the depths of the ocean,

the bell jar I see through,

the beetle I transform into,

the sharks that haunt my marlin with such devotion.

The pearl I carry with me everywhere I go,

the fast paced creek that I am going up, without a paddle to row.

These are my adversaries, although they are great in size,

they can be hard for you to see,

much like the mockingbird I shot,

or- perhaps that mockingbird was me.