Turtles

Little turtle and big turtle on the rock, 

Young and old, wet and dry, 

Do not go into the water of the tank.

Baby turtle and mommy turtle on the beach, 

Refreshed and aged, slippery and rough,

Do not go into the water of the ocean.

Food, it’s delicious, you know you want it,

Fresh or rotten, tried or expired, 

Do not open another bag of Cheetos. 

There are good men on the beach and in the water, 

Young and old, dry and wet, 

Do not go into the water or onto the beach. 

There is plastic inside all of us, 

The Earth is part of all of us, 

The turtles are part of the Earth.

Now go to sleep turtle,

For you have been awake for millions of years, 

But the time of the humans has come, 

And it is now bedtime.

Reviews

[Ankita Dwivedi]

beautifully written and thought provoking .This is the only world we have and we need to save it . i am new .Please check my work and let me know what you think :)

[Neville]

we really do have so much to answer for dont we ... I thought this environmentally friendly poem was seriously cool :)

[Papaya]

A thoughtful commentary on serious environmental considerations, delivered very creatively as a kind of fable.

[John the Baptist]

Yes, and unfortunately the humans invented plastic.

[Chris Shaw]

Reminded me how awful our species is. Dumping plastics which have a devastating effect on wildlife. Our ocean's are full of the stuff. We should be ashamed and governments even more so.

Chris

[Dave Brown]

Very few turtles in this area, can't recall seeing one in the wild, but I relate this to our ever-present toads that are abundant and a pleasure to the eye
Those many things we usually just walk by