My feet dragged me to the sands of deep <br />The earl' morn' a fine specimen for the connoisseur <br />What a day! A rise! The very air tells me the day is new <br />The breeze lifts my shirt, the gallon’s sails’ curse <br />And urges me not to follow the tracks now behind me <br />With a bit of age to the day, I have ne’er ventured this far <br />Thus far, the unknown stayed as that <br />But I did not dare regret anything new aft’ this walk; <br />My sight stumbled (as had I from an unknowing boulder) <br />Upon a slight glint between the white millions <br />I jogged a way and caught my breath ‘fore the waves <br />(The waves that hath carried a speck) <br />Would swallow it again and spit it to the mounds <br />A swift swipe sufficed to safe the speck <br />Gratefully, with prayer-hands, I held it aloft <br />What a pearl! A rise! My heart jumped <br />To see such beauty in such a small package <br />(If the time is taken to ponder, we would see much more) <br />I indulged in its magnificence, this planet I hold <br />The things I see like Earth we see from afar <br />Cannot tell all about it, no only show the clouds <br />A mountain or two, the blue of the ocean blue <br />So I foretold, with ingenuity, the secrets it held <br />The hap and mirth this speck could bring <br />And relished for a second the awe of my epiphany <br />As I hold this pearl, so too God is holding me<br /><br />Elbert Matt Loubser<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-pearl-on-the-beach/
