Leatherback Sea Turtle

Warm heat punctures through the thin roof of salt in the sea.

Water hugs their body as they swim, sand dances on their flippers

That's their home. That's what they love.

Splotches of colour on their back a mosque of beauty.

The shell is a pattern on a dance floor, a giant of the ocean.

Food for the road, squid, fish, algae, seaweed.              

This is their life, this is what they care about. 

Down the throat it goes, gone forever.

Love and fame. Wise, peaceful and mysterious,  

Numbers decrease. Soon to be one single, lonely heart left.

All because of us! Our use!

Our carelessness and laziness!

Litter, climate change, seas rising. All human-caused.   

They're like no other, where will they go?

All turtles, This turtle, Goodbye turtle.

Once the leatherback sea turtle