Manatee
We humans should be rather more like you
Manatee
large, slow, peaceful beasts
prefer to swim with other
large, slow, peaceful beasts
you are my escort
for these precious few minutes
in your hydrous home
in calming silence
you’re minding your own business,
as you wish of me
I hear you munching
your endless lunch of seagrass,
doing no one harm
as stewards of Earth,
I wish we humans would be
rather more like you
Crystal River, Florida, 9 March 2023