Tuatara

Tuatara by Laris Edmond

Tuatara old survivor.
Reptilian grandfather.
Observing heavy lidded eyes.
The still old centuries passing by.
Slow little bloke, in enamel coat.
Shedding his  tail, croaking his croak.
While another thousand years waits at his door.


By Chloe

References by 1000 Kiwi poems