Turtle Collection

Fourteen turtles flew around the world
Across oceans, over continents
To land here.

Countries converge on my counter
Various sizes, shapes, colors, yet
At their core, the same.

Turtles standing sentinel
Of what has been and what can be:
Slow creatures can come a long way.

-Abigail Cox

image by Zsanett Herczegh from Pixabay

Blue Blossoms

so much depends upon

blue blossoms

pushing up through the earth

whispering—
     
                hope is on the way.

--by Mary Favro

      My name is Hannah Katelyn Lyons. “Lyons” pronounced lions means the king of the
jungle. But I am just a small cat. I’m one of those party cards that open and make lots of noise. I  
don’t open it until I get home from school. I am a turtle that is 1 inch with a 20 inch shell. I was
just given my name without even earning it. I am constantly looking in the wrong mirror.
Because of that, I believe I was given the wrong name.

     I like my whole name, but it has expectations. I have a gold medal for running, but
whenever anyone gathers around to watch, I always trip and fall. After that I get back up again
and keep on running. I even go the extra mile. I am a sunflower seed that will eventually grow
tall. The small cat that I was, will grow into a lion. I will keep my name, Hannah Katelyn Lyons.
This is my story.
--Hannah Lyons

Image by Leandro De Carvalho from Pixabay