The perfect Pearl

The rise of glorious dawn

Slumbers the sweet somber

In abstract self-esteem

The intensity of emotional frustration

Seems a continuous tide

Of esoteric clarity

With bouts of self-denial and critique

Short lives the abundance of

Luxurious poisons

Inebriated ideologies and impressions

In all life's advancements and inventions

Is a vast ocean of opaque beauty

That lies the true alchemist

Turning sand into the perfect pearl 

Author's Note

Just read about alchemists and how people want to turn things into gold...When so many things in life are already creating amazing things that are looked over everyday. Not on my computer, so picture to come.

Reviews

[spiritwind]

"Short lives the abundance of
Luxurious poisons
Inebriated ideologies and impressions
In all life's advancements and inventions"

Inebriated ideologies! I like your play with words! I like the way you delivered your message without pounding with a sledge hammer! Gracefully and beautifully written!

[Great Aunt Astri]

If you had not explained the poem I don't think I would have understood it. The wording is truly lovely but I was lost for the meaning, until the end. Yes, the true alchemist. If only we could learn a lesson from her!

[Phantom Heart]

Thank you for reading!

[SyberRose]

A lovely poem with a beautiful beginning and a beautiful ending...SyberRose

[Phantom Heart]

Thank you!

[Trevor Bushey]

The contradictory word compositions that you employ in your poem in the context of the general theme of the transfiguration of some trifle into an object of beauty and worth are more than moderately efficacious. It was almost arduous, mentally comparing the antithetical pairs such as "sweet somber" and "esoteric clarity", the words being so disparate. My heart was rent asunder as I attempted to marry sweet to somber; my figurative eyes strained to view what was not withheld from their vision as I contemplated what the compound "esoteric clarity" denoted. Well done! :)

[Phantom Heart]

Thank you. My great grandmother was a Rosicrucian and their "esoteric" society inspired me to write this. She also smoked cigars and wore pants during a time in which women were scrutinized for doing so. That being said, she was the perfect pearl . :) I love your review.

Less is more,
I loved your statement here
Morgan... you're such a wordsmith
Of gold itself, who needs more?
It's greedy, and selfish, you did this so well!

- Elisa

[redflutterby]

"Turning sand into the perfect pearl". This is what writers have been doing since the beginning of time. Transforming something that is rough and neutral colored into a smooth, glowing thing of beauty is what all of us long to do.

[Carolann Dowsett]

This is beautiful, I love the thought behind it and the message that the world is a beautiful place and that in nature miracles happen every day we just don't always see them.

[Phantom Heart]

You got every point!!! :)

[Carolann Dowsett]

Awesome :)

[Chaos_Collector]

Morgan, your diction is off the charts and I love it. The creation of a pearl is truly a beautiful thing. My favorite part of the poem "The rise of glorious dawn
Slumbers the sweet somber
In abstract self-esteem" Just genius my fellow poet. Write on!

Chaos_Collector

[Phantom Heart]

Thanks! That review made my day!

[Chaos_Collector]

You're welcome! I'm glad I could make your day!

[Maryam Mottahedeh]

Hi Morgan! I love that line of "turning sand into the perfect pearl"... it says it all! What a conclusion! Thanks for turning me on the site:) M

[Phantom Heart]

Thanks and I hope you enjoy this site!

[Mauricio Montoya]

So this one of those pieces where you need to read between the lines.
Nice work.

[Phantom Heart]

I wrote it with the thought that Everyone is always trying to make lead into gold and make the world glorious and the whole time ignoring the natural beauty of the world. And the whole time there are things in nature that are already creating beautiful things.

[Mauricio Montoya]

keep on writing.