My husband found a turtle in the park last week
he put him back in the lake
where he dove down
like a quiet stone.
I wish I had been there
I’ve always loved turtles
fellow introverts
also because they are the opposite
of spiders.
I would have asked it
the same thing I ask of trees
you live so long
in your steady way
what can you tell me about
the spaces in between
the tiny things
the patterns
that I miss.