“They Said I Couldn’t” by Krishna Bhaskar is a triumphant little fable where a lemon-lime color toad throws shade at doubt and naps through adversity. It’s quirky, bold, and beautifully defiant—a rainy-day anthem for anyone who’s ever proved the world wrong with a grin.

The leaving last shower

Taunted the happy toad

Your happiness depends on me

I am taking the outbound road

You foolish toad!

The lemon-lime colored toad

laughs and screams

go away you rain

I will take a nap and dream

of the water lilies and the flies

soon you will bring

That outbound road

is also inbound

I’ve been told

As long as I hold tight

And fight when I have to fight

I will pass the dry days

to see it rain again

They always said

I couldn’t do it

They always said

I couldn’t do it

But I did it, again

and again