You cheer when I balance a ball on my nose

Or when you ride holding onto my fin. 

I strike a pose

When the day begins.

I swim in this enclosed space going 

Around in circles, knowing

I won’t be able to see

The clear blue water from the sea.

I am a dolphin trapped in this zoo

Here to give you a show.

I do my trick when given my cue,

Something I wish I could forgo. 

If I may add,

I feel like a slave. 

Don’t they know I am as sad 

As raindrops falling on a grave.

When it is all quiet under the starry sky, 

I dream of swimming in a pod. 

When the sun is out I fly

Through a hoop to be applauded.