Dinosaurs Love Turtles

So, I wrote this poem for a competition and it’s supposed to be pretty metaphorical. Let me know what you guys think.

 

Dinosaurs love turtles,

I’m telling you- really- it’s true.

Stegosaurus love turtles,

And turtles love them too.

 

Turtles love stegosaurus,

I know that for a fact.

Their big mighty friends

help them reach in tree for a snack.

 

Dinosaurs love turtles,

You can’t argue with that.

The turtles climb up their neck,

and the ‘saurs wear them as a hat.

 

Some dare to think

the two can not be friends-

Only because in the ecosystem,

they are on separate ends.

 

Ones big and tall,

ones short and fat,

but, if they want to be together,

why shouldn’t they do that?

 

Well, turtles can eat meat,

and dinosaurs can too.

They’re both the same colors,

and share one sky of blue.

 

Dinosaurs can eat plants,

turtles can too.

They seem pretty similar to me,

don’t they seem similar to you?

 

Turtles come from eggs,

just like the dinosaurs

So, if they’re from the same place,

why should there be wars?

 

Dinosaurs and turtles-

they’re different, but the same.

The only thing separating them,

is their title, their name.

 

Dinosaurs love turtles,

turtles love them too.

If you want to argue, and say it isn’t true…

Take a look at those ‘different’ people around you.

 

 

Okay so like originally it was literally just gonna be a poem about dinosaurs and turtle. However, as Kerri Bland, I had to put something really symbolic and lesson-giving in there. I’m hoping it kinda evokes a feeling of happiness, but still hits you, y’know?

Yet, I don’t have a specific thing the dinosaurs and turtles are supposed to represent. They’re just dinosaurs and turtles.

The idea for this piece in particular came to me while I was making sugar free hot chocolate in a cactus cup, and then realized I had no straws to stir the powder with. It really kinda ruined my day, but it made me think about turtles. Please save the sea turtles.

As for the dinosaurs, I just think they’re real cool. Like, they’re just big creatures that we use to make plastics and stuff. sometimes we dig up their bones in our yards. Its like unintentional grave robbing. Thats kinda cruel, but still. Then we put them on display to show people what we found while unintentionally grave robbing. Sometimes that thought keeps me up at night.

Anyways, let me know what you think!