The Green Sea Turtle

I could feel the Green Sea Turtle’s presence at my fingertips. 

The way it moved, the way it looked, the way it swam. 

It was all there. 

I looked around, and there it was, not a thought, but a thing. 

The elegant turtle gracefully glided through the light blue reef. 

I could hear the faint sound of my friends calling me from above the ocean, 

But I ignored it. 

The only thing that mattered right now was the turtle,

So the only thing I would pay attention to, was the turtle. 

The reef was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, 

and I was the happiest I would ever be. 

Suddenly, a bunch of fish devoured the area, and the turtle was gone, 

Just like that,

But somehow I felt as if he was still there, 

As he was still moving, looking, swimming, but that was over. 

He was gone.