Turtle

Waiting for you

is like watching

a turtle

going the wrong way.

It hurts so much

to watch you go

as you slowly

slowly

draw farther away.

i know

if I called out to you,

you might

just turn around.

And smile at me.

But I might scare you,

make the turtle run faster,

or hide inside his shell.

But everyday

the distance grows.

inch by painful inch.

If i wait much longer,

you will be gone,

I don't know what to do.

so sadly,

I watch the turtle.

Author's Note

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Reviews

Awesome the way you used a wild animal to descibe an ignorant person. It's a unique way few people dare to use and you seemed to master the method well. I recognized that feeling of being like a ghost and the person can't see you but if you dared to say anything it would frighten them away.

-Great poem it made me happy and sad.

:O)

[❀ Gabriela ..]

I like the way you use a turtle to describe this situation. Different, but great poem!