The frog in It's happened, what now.

I am the frog, the one in the boiling water
The one who innocently relaxes into the warm embrace of the water, unaware of the rising heat.

I am the frog, the one happily bouncing about while the temperature rises and it begins to change me.

I am the frog, the one who begins to feel sleepy as the familiarity of the heat keeps me from leaping away.

I am the frog, the one who begins to notice with sleepy, sluggish realization, that the heat might be dangerous to me.

I am the frog, the one who slowly begins to rise, to try to jump unsuccessfully from my pot and begin my new life.

I am not the frog, I successfully leave the heat and begin my new life away from the heat and the danger.

I am not the frog, You may have thought you got me, that you turned the heat up slow enough that I didn’t notice, but I am not the frog and you are not the chef.

I am the one that got away.