Thursday, June 30, 2016

A list of interesting facts

A list of interesting facts about turtles
Turtles are reptiles
According to the internet and apparently science 
turtles have been on the earth from more than 
200 million years

It is also said that the earliest turtles had teeth 
Like one day the world stopped fighting them
So in turn they forgot what it felt like to fight back

Turtles spend most of their lives in water
They are adapted for aquatic life with webbed feet or flippers
Fresh water turtles leave the water every once in a while 
to sunbathe
sea turtles only leave to lay eggs

turtles lay eggs

A turtle’s shell develops from its ribs
And is an adaptation to protect against predators
It’s shell is made up of 60 bones 
that are covered by plates
which ironically enough are made of 
the same thing as our fingernails
like instead of learning how to fight 
they just built up the layers around their heart instead

but still all these adaptations earned it a spot 
to live on almost every continent

humans are not turtles

according to science we may have adapted to have less hair
and therefore have a harder time staying warm
we may have adapted to be smarter
but according to scriptures we don’t live for as long as we used to
still against all odds 
here we are
nothing but a few bones between our hearts 
and our predators
nothing but a few hairs
between our skin
and the cold winter air
nothing but love 
between our souls
 and heartbreak
and call me crazy but I’ve never heard 
of a turtle that died from heartbreak
But I obviously don’t know much about turtles

What I do know 
Is how fragile the human existence has become
Instead of fighting wars
We tend to be fighting trends
Or stereotypes
Or statistics
Instead of protecting
We tend to be fighting just to stay alive
Because we are the only species to develop suicide
And I’ve started to notice not a lot of our adaptations 
Are real adaptations

According to the internet an adaptation is 
a change or the process of change by which 
an organism or species becomes
 better suited to its environment.
Its almost as if we were adapted to have weaker ribs 
And an inclination toward heartbreak

So maybe we aren’t adapting
Maybe this is us circling the drain
I mean I know we are no turtles
But don’t you think we could try a little more defense 
And a little less offence
By offence I mean 
offensive
I mean Gkys jokes
I mean a lack of common decency
I mean a lack of caring
What happened to the generation that cared
And couldn’t we be that

Couldn’t we stop for one minute
And think 
Before we act
I guess i'm just trying to say
Sometimes I get pretty tired of being human

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