Survivor In A Beautiful Shell

Nomad of the deep,

Is very fast underwater;

Lay eggs on the beach,

And extremely slow walker;

Rests idly on the reef,

And surfaces timely to breath.

Though everyone keeps adoring,

Few lucky ones get to go

Into the water, exploring 

the reef with a GoPro,

Where this beauty rests

lazily on its breasts;

At ease in a beautiful shell,

a survivor in a few hundred;

It’s mother never bid farewell

and most siblings got hunted.

It will never see its many kids,

Neither would they ever see her;

Parenthood for it, Nature forbids,

For a century-long life traveling far.

Cheers!

Hammett