Blue blood horseshoe crab
A million crabs milked
each year for humankind
to detect vaccine contamination.
blue, ghastly, gruesome, repugnant!
Footprints in the sand…
A washed up horseshoe crab shell nearby….
An unused boat.
Perfect….
For my getaway.
I’ll sail along the waters….
And I won’t look back.
The breeze feels so invigorating,
And such a beautiful sunshine.
Leaving this life behind,
To return to my old roots,
To make things right with my friends….
To focus more on my happiness.
So I will sail away….
Into the wide open sea….
Destination… back home.
To work more on me.
I’ll sail away,
Watching the birds fly high,
In the beautiful blue sky,
Knowing….
I’ll fly among them someday.
I’ll take this boat and sail away….
Across the ocean….
And I will return to a life….
With no chaos, and no commotion.
Listen closely to the words I say….
This unused boat….
Will be my getaway….
This is my goodbye to you.
It’s time for me to sail away.
I went down to the shore one day to sun and frolic and watch people play. There at a tidal pool a horseshoe crab did lay. With my foot I tapped his shell then came a shout out what the hell!
Can't you tell I'm in deep contemplation about my untenable situation.
The tide is out and here I be awaiting my trip to eternity so let me be.
No,no I exclaimed let me attempt your life to regain
I thank you sir I do indeed but you can not reverse what nature has decreed .
So return to your home and I to mine . Perhaps we would have been friends if we met in another time. When at home and warming by your fire just remember a horseshoe crab is not a crab at all but related to a spider.
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