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Pearl

Linden
Wood


Yes

Pearl

 

Young and in love
They say beware
As if she journeys
To a lion’s lair
But like the sand
In an oyster shell
What will be
Only time will tell
Weep not for the loss
Of the innocent girl
Rejoice for the woman
Caressed to a pearl




Copyright ©1995 by Linden Wood. All rights reserved.
Published in Poetry the Write Way: Webstatic – First Journey (Sept. 2000)
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