Paguroidea

Hermit Crab
Decapoda Crustaceans of Paguroidea
Fighting over shells
Naked, soft and competitive
Looking for a new home
Soon to grow out from
Mama & Papa crab will watch as their baby
grows out of their shell
They seem him find empty tin cans for shells and watch him
as he exchanges his shells with his friends and strangers
to find
one that gets a shell bigger than him.

Such a foolish crab.

An idiot; anomaly of the family
Will he ever grow into it?
My hermit crab,
will you ever learn?
Home is where the heart is
But hearts are not found in shells
So, where is yours?