The Turtle With the Carving On Its Back
The morning sun creeps slowly from underneath the grey sky
Dancing merrily with the angels on high
while the trees listen carefully to the Gods will
And the birds converse harmoniously within
I kept walking along the path watching the day as it starts
I stood Faraway from human interaction seeking out natures ambitions
Suddenly I saw an object along the road carrying an awful heavy load
With a deep message carved out on its hard back
It is not a co-incident I can attest to that
It seems as if it is has been on a long journey
and had a message to deliver in a hurry
Further up the path a deer stood in the middle of the road
gazing at me as if it had something important to tell me
This is the third deer that crossed my path this week
abruptly walking out in front of me
I wonder what they want me to know.
I simultaneously contemplate this fact while careful examining
the message on the creatures close-packed back
I took some amazing picture and compare them with similar creature
but this one was very special it bears a message from Emperor
The color and carvings made me wonder
Gold and black with shades of brown
With distinctive images filtering all around
Every carving on its back has some human
and animal elements around each spot
The hands and fingers were clear and eyes
and nose are represented in small dots
with various symbolic answers strapped on its back
It stood quietly hiding its slender head
And pretending as if it was dead
Giving me the chance to scrutinize its back
Three human stood on each side of its shell
guarding some secret door on the upper floor
A woman wearing a long golden dress stands in the middle
with long golden hair and darkened face
its hard to tell if they originate from earth
or they came from space
An headless man with a bird's beak
wearing in a golden dress with black stripe running across his chest
Three women stand on the other side of the shell
attire in a golden dress but a dark shadow conceal their face
All around the turtle shell signs and symbols carved out in line
revealing the secret of our youth and exposing the human truth
Inspect the carving on the turtle's back and you will know all the facts.
Copyright © Christine Phillips | Year Posted 2017
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