a frog's life

i am a frog
i'm still quite small
but then a frog
is seldom tall
i don't live out there
in the wild
i have a heated habitat
inside
sometimes i'm brown
at times i'm green
sometimes i'm kind of ...
inbetween
i have a pond
it's very small
but better than
no pond at all
i have some places
where i hide
a log, some plants
which haven't died
they feed me crickets
and meal worms
all guaranteed as ...
free from germs
in the day
i hide and sleep
and from me
you'll not hear a peep
but come the night
i'm wide awake
i swim and jump
eat cricket steak
my life's not bad
as frog's lives go
so i'll stay here
and try to grow


Copyright © 2012 by Eryll Oellermann