If I Were A Turtle Poem by RIC BASTASA

If I Were A Turtle



if i were a turtle
and if you are a turtle too
how i wish to live with you
and be happy
and understand
our turtleness together
perhaps in a small pond
a small patch of marsh
a little rock
just for the two of us

but i am not a turtle
i am a man
but
i may still live with you
as a man
and take care of you
as a turtle

this is still the world
for us
in humanity
in turtleness together

why not?

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RIC BASTASA

RIC BASTASA

Philippines
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