Tanned skin glistens
As they spin,
Dancing for rain,
Praying for lightening,
Calling for thunder.
No one realizes
They hate the sun.
They stop, waiting,
Hoping. They long
For weather magic.
Or perhaps for
An imploding star.
They are lifeguards;
And it is
The Turtle Dance.
Author notes
Option 1; number 4. I just started writing poetry so I tried to keep it simple. I saw the words 'Dancing For Rain' and it reminded me of the last pool I lifeguarded at. If there was a chance for rain then we'd wait 'til break, go outside, draw a turtle on the sidewalk, and dance around it. We called it The Turtle Dance and it usually worked. The punctuation pretty much went where I would put it in an prose piece. So anyway, flash of memory and ta-da! Crappy poem! I guess that's it.
~Cly~
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this remind me of a picture one of my friends made of my other friend and she had a turtle body and a human head lol
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Awesome possum.
I really liked this.
I kept looking at the name
& i'm like SHHHHHHHHHEEEEE wrote this? lol.
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"SHHHHEEEEEE wrote this?" What's that supposed to mean, huh? Didn't think I could write that well, is that it? Well, here's what I have to say about that:
. So there. 
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~Cly~
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I love this poem.
Amber
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Crappy poem? Crappy poem? I thought it was almost fairy-tale like and most definitely beautiful. I loved it. Write on!
~*~SP~*~
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