A PEARL
Child, a gossamer web of innocence
Covering your young soul, Girl
Tho acquiring many rips and rents
Still wrapping 'round to form a pearl
Child, your eyes are wide and bright
With wonder, thirsty with need
For love, for cuddling, to be held tight
Need unmet plants hurt---a small seed
Child, you speak low---what's that you say?
Words unheeded, but your eyes are pained
Something precious has been stolen away,
Love denied---all joy is drained.
"Why was I born?" you query,
"To bitterness, rejection and uselessness."
You see no pearl, you only grow weary
You seem engulfed in hopelessness.
Child, you don't know yet but later will see
You are wonderfully made---an intricate part
Of your Father's love---of His family
A pearl knit of pain, yet close to the Father's heart.
Child, you belong to almighty God, yes you do
Won't you surrender yourself to Him?
Let His wonderful love surround and enfold you
Open your heart doors and let Him in.
Child, don't be anymore afraid
Jesus came 'specially for you and all born
He laid His life down---a debt fully paid
He showed us His glory on resurrection morn
Child, there are two paths you can stride
One, sparsely traveled is rocky, a narrow strip
The other, popular, is smooth and very wide
But Child, have you seen the end of it?
Child, don't let the glitter of this world
Lead you into Hell's firey horrors
Child, you are such a lovely pearl
Made to grace Heaven's corridors
Child, you are a lovely pearl,
Tho pressed, torn and tossed away
With Jesus, you'll shine, Girl
As the sun on a brilliant day
Written a few years ago.
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