A snapshot of a moment
Ilona Rapp 06-09-15

Little Snapping Turtle
Remember how you’d bite
When your splashing went unnoticed
When our silence gathered spite

Little Snapping Turtle
Remember how you’d kick
When you sought the warmth of comfort
Or when you’d fallen sick

Little Snapping Turtle
Sleeping warm against my chest
When your voice was lost in chorus
How you’d push aside the rest

Little Snapping Turtle
Scarlet Moons within your eyes
Running faster than your footsteps
Stubborn grit within your cries

Little Snapping Turtle
Grasping wonder in your world
How you’d nuzzle at my succor
Tender sweetness, fists unfurled

Never for a moment
Did I fear I’d bear a scar
For the armor of your kisses
Impish Pranks could never mar

Never for a moment
Did I fear that I would bleed
For the healing of your laughter
Would fulfill my every need

Little Snapping Turtle
Stretching farther than your reach
If you’d only circle closer
In a snap, I’d fill the breach

Little Snapping Turtle
How I long to bear your scar
As a snapshot of a moment
With you safe within my arms

Little Snapping Turtle
Remember how you’d kick
In the hollow of my yearning
Though I’d filled it with a brick

Little Snapping Turtle
Remember how you’d bite
Clasping to my anchor
As you swam into the night

Ilona Rapp, June 9, 2015
For Takeshi, my Little Snapping Turtle