You found me alone- <br />on the sands of beige <br />in peridot waters <br />a white pearl- <br />you lifted me up <br />to harness <br />me to your rope <br />Blank time- <br />peeled at my layers <br />Shredding luster <br />as time tightened your grip <br /> <br />Cold as the waters- <br />from which I sprung <br />I snapped like the oyster <br />that created me <br />I belong to you now- <br />you keep me in the dark <br />until you- <br />adorn the string <br />that paralyzes me <br /> <br />I lost my beauty- <br />now faded and lonely <br />just a lackluster pebble <br />all strung out- <br />I sleeping next to a <br />shell from the sea <br />of my birth <br />she hauntingly- <br />whispers the sounds <br />of freedom to me <br />as I bow to disease <br />I am homesick-<br /><br />Robin Bennett<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lackluster/
