Once the cat wrote a limerick,
Yet he found he wrote it much to quick,
When the punchline was found,
He hit the ground
and said " This poem stuff makes me sick!"
That's my go.
[the cat is you]
"That horse was as fast as the wind' and you can draw a horse faintly and make it the wind in a forest setting or something
"Sea of troubles"
"time is a thief"
"the goal keeper was as solid as a rock"
Research metaphors for more examples