Turtle
Crossing the highway
Against all odds.
Doesn’t even know it.
Out of the water
Into the frying pan
He’ll never make it.
What would make
A turtle
Cross a highway?
Most people
Wouldn’t even
Take that chance.
Turtles don’t know
About chances
Or odds.
Turtles don’t know
What failure is.
Turtles don’t consider
Their speedy opponent.
They decide where
To go, and then
They go there.
Speeding down
The highway today,
I saw a turtle
In the breakdown lane.
He looked a little
Tired, but
He made it.
Against all odds.