#pteropods

Deep down below

In an ocean once so blue

Lies a graveyard,

Full of brittle shells,

Shattered and scattered

The remnants oh so fragile

A place full of tiny lives,

Sea butterflies looking up at the snow

That once fell from those skies

Now devoid of happiness and vitality

Silence and melancholy take hold

The vicinity bubbling intensely

Flora that blossomed now shriveled

A lone butterfly newly drifting down

Begging for salvation

They find tiny flora,

Tendrils reach to scour the land in white

A tiny butterfly barely hanging on by the thread

They stretch out—embracing it

As it shares its final breath

Its shell cracks,while its wings dissipate

But it smiles happily,

Knowing that the tendrils have begun to spread the seeds

They hold the key

To save them

Those teeny,brittle shells

Sea angel & sea butterfly

these here lovelies,, are called  sea butterflies

they’re basically snails, except the part that would be their foot is modified into “wings” that they can swim with

they’re really pretty when they swim too

idk man i just thought tumblr was lacking in sea butterflies

here’s image links