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Poem: Pearls

Pearls


Once

i collected books

for the sake of impressing myself

hoarding the wise words of

Others

brave enough to speak their truths

i thought I could wear their brilliance

a string of wisdom to brighten my throat

Only

to find brilliance dulled

in the dusty passages of time on shelves

muted by the discordant sighs

Of

my own misalignment

my striving for a superiority

i never knew i never needed

Onward

i go now towards realms

unimagined undreamed and unexplored

as grits of sand draw me

Out

of my self and into myself

revealing and creating pearls

that none but me may treasure

-rrf


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