Turtle

 

An odd design

A strange creation

doesn’t really seem that fair -

Turtles made

to swim in water

must lift their head to breathe the air,

They hold their breath

and do it well

beneath a large and heavy shell,

Even if

my name were Myrtle

I wouldn’t want to be a turtle,

I’d hang my head

and leave my home –

were I the one who wrote this poem.

 

                 Ann Nonnamus