everything always goes towards the sun
 
An older man and a little girl talk about releasing a small painted turtle back into its habitat. On their hands and knees, they peer off the dock into the water below. The girl points to a pile of eroded cinder blocks below the water’s surface. She suggests the turtle might like to make its new home nestled in the debris.The man responds, “we can try to set him down there. But I bet he’ll swim back up this way. He’ll probably go towards the sun. Everything always goes towards the sun.”
 
Snow Lake Fremont, IN
2020