The baby turtle

Enveloped in the comforting securing warmth of a blinding opal,

I lay comfortably in the solid fragileness of my shell,

The only world I ever knew,

A world in serenity and calm full bliss.

Suddenly, blinding ropes of pearl blades ripple across my familiar covering,

And explode into a blast of brilliant blinding diamonds.

As I look at the golden dust capturing the ensnaring colors of the sky,

Imprinting their glittering shadows of red, green and blue,

And as I discover this new world I see others around me, discovering all the same,

An uncertain future for all of us, a new beginning.

Then I see a shining pearl of sapphires, slipping over the sand, taking us in,

And as the water hits me, I also discover a new universe of hidden mysteries, and glistening whispers floating to the surface