Catch of the day

[smakpopy]

"There’s plenty of fish
was my mum’s favorite line
while my only great wish
was that she would be mine."

I kept thinking it meant you wanted your mum to be yours.

I take it that mum is consoling him after he lost his catch of the day, saying there are plenty of fish out there, but there was only one fish he wanted, but lost it.

I had no problem distinguishing she from mum, it may be confusing to a child reading that line though.

Maybe have one stanza talking about the "fish" you were after, before you started casting your lure.