Across the Sand
2020, Junior, Poetry & Spoken Word
In the midst of a global health war,
A virus that has ravaged every corner of the world,
Producer of separation, sorrow, and anguish.
Scarring the world forever.
Transformations creeping along
In India.
A flipper emerges from beneath trillions of sand granules.
Then another flipper,
Until all 4 flippers have emerged completely, and a poking light-green head.
The ocean’s waves call and beckon.
Follow the ocean’s murmur.
Record-breaking for India,
60 million hatching sea turtles
Shuffle along the sand where humans once frolicked.
Families driven away from beaches out of fear.
Hope is reborn on empty beaches.
Sea turtles are navigating
In peace.
Works Cited
Vega, S. (2020). Coronavirus Lockdown Results in Sea Turtles Laying 60 Million Eggs in India. One Green Planet. https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/less-humans-pollution-sea-turtles-lay-an-estimated-60-million-eggs