Turtles

photos by PSC / 2014

Turtles

Don’t you witness with envy --

or perhaps, admiration --

their remarkable knack

for self preservation?

Although they are slow

and will plod at a pace

that never would win them

first place in a race,

at the first sign of trouble –

(a hint or a dash)

their defenses kick in and

they’re gone in a flash.

Sheltered within

where none can touch,

safe from hurt & pain and such.

If only a similar carapace

might the human heart embrace.

 PSC/2014-Apr

 

 

Written for 2014 April PAD Challenge: Day 9 – A Shelter poem:

http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2014-april-pad-challenge-day-9