AMORPHOUS AMPHIBIANS

turtles, just turtles
stood guard over the salient
without care for
yellowing vestiges of sun's rays.
this ebullient star, boiling
humus, making life in the pond,
a tea, a broth, thickening,
as frogs croaked
on cricket's chirps,
oh cicada, bellow truth!
harbinger of summer's
nearing behemoth warmth,
turtles, just turtles
violently retracting
the precarious necks,
averting danger's threat.
these turtles, just turtles
evolved to survive and
challenge environment
through turning inward.
internal salvation!
supernatural inner strength!
a pebble taps the shell,
bounding off the armor,
of rainbow hue and coloration;
unaffected, stoic, protecting.
their nose gasps for air,
with just enough, they dive
underwater, and stay on the bottom
again, temporarily.