THE PEARL

THE PEARL THAT ADORNS MY DIADEM

IS OF SUCH GLORIOUS AND VARIED HUES.

IT GLOWS WITH PINKS AND YELLOWS,

AND SHINES WITH GREENS AND BLUES.

 

THE PEARL THAT ADORNS MY DIADEM,

IS MOST COSTLY AND PRECIOUS TO ME.

FOR THIS PEARL NEARLY COST MY LIFE,

OUT ON THE OPEN SEA.

 

DIVING FOR THE GLORIOUS PEARL,

WAS A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE.

YET, I DID PERSIST AND GOT THAT PEARL,

AND IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.

 

A JEWELER MADE A DIADEM OF GOLD

AND FITTED IT WITH PRECIOUS JEWELS,

AND THE CENTRAL PLACE WAS HELD FOR

MY PEARL WITH THE GLORIOUS HUES.

 

THIS PEARL WITHIN MY DIADEM

IS BEAUTIFUL BEYOND BELIEF,

IT IS SO VERY MAGNIFICENT,

IT IS A TEMPTATION TO THE THIEF.

 

SO WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THIS DIADEM

THAT IS SO PRECIOUS UNTO ME?

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE DIADEM IS:

IT IS LOVE GIVEN UNCONDITIONALLY.

 

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS UNUSUAL,

IT COMES FROM THE PUREST OF HEARTS,

THAT IS WHY I CALL IT A DIADEM,

FOR THE RARITY IT DOES IMPART.

 

THE PEARL IS THE BEAUTY WITHIN THIS LOVE,

THIS LOVE ENWRAPS US ALL,

IT IS SO GLORIOUS TO BEHOLD THIS DOVE

AND BE TOTALLY ENTHRALLED.

 

THE REASON I CALL IT A DIADEM

WHICH ENTHRONES A PRECIOUS PEARL,

IS THAT IT ALMOST COSTS ONE'S LIFE

TO FIND IT IN THIS WORLD.

 

 

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