The prompt for day 4
(I know...I'm a little behind I'll catch up!)
Write about an animal
Ode to the Hippocampus
Suspended in waters below
It floats
amidst sea grass or coral reefs
Its home
The smallest a royal presence, merely an inch long
Another at twelve inches is a ‘horse’ of a different breed
Though not a chameleon
with colors of
fluorescent and neon preservation
It
hides within the mangroves many feet below
A diver’s delight
thirty-three species
of phenomenon to admire
and
They…
live a monogamous life
not expected in their genre
He bares the young
She’s always there
Equipped with
dorsal and pectorals fins
They
a bony fish
make us wonder
how can that be
as we watch the
marvelous
mysterious
beautiful
often hard to find
enchanting
endangered
Seahorses of the sea
© Kellie M. Shanley 2009
Hippocampus: Greek word meaning seahorse
Hippocampus also part of the brain named after the seahorse because of its shape.
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