Only A Grain Of Sand Poem by Andrew Rose

Only A Grain Of Sand

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Isolated;

Like the grain of sand-
at the centre of a pearl.

In it’s pure perfection,
It lies alone,
A solitary grain of sand.

Irritation is by no means-
a great basis for perfection,
Yet it seems to have worked,
On this occasion.

The outer layer protects its' inner host,
A host that was once-
a number among many,
On the sandy beaches of life.

I was the imperfection-
who managed to impress itself upon you,
Whether it was willingness or fate-
I advanced within my shell,
To be blinded by the ensuing darkness.

Slowly I was covered by your reactions,
Layered by what you added to me,
Constantly increasing,
Until I grew to a size to which I couldn't leave you,
Even if I wanted to.

I was emasculated by your soothing comfort,
Trapped because I didn't force my escape.
I'm powerless now…
More than I had ever been before,
When I was just a grain of sand-
resting in eclipsed desire.


Did you deceive me?

Distorting the light when I was complete?

You made me,

Made me feel like a pearl alienated at heart,

Like a singular grain of sand once more;

That irritating comfort submerged within.


Light appears,
You’ve been discovered,
There is a force much greater than you!
Clammy awakening light frees me from this vice like hold;
Looking back I see you tossed aside,
Laying broken in two,
For your suffocating entrapment of me.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Chris Lane 25 November 2007

Many fine images making truth in the grains of sand.

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