Turtle’s Back

Curiosity has me

as my fingers curl around

the soft rounded edge

at the end of the world

 

Pulling myself forward

on my belly

much like a kid

spying on their parents

 

I look down to the black stars

lean further and see more stars

even further and see webbed feet

swimming through the inky black

 

Ancient leathery skin folds and stretches

as a face older than time

turns its eyes to me

an unimportant speck in the cosmos

One thought on “Turtle’s Back

  1. I was delighted by your interpretation of this prompt. I didn’t write on this but chose the visual one for that hour but you, you’ve done a brilliant job. 🙂

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