A Pearl On The Beach Poem by Elbert Matt Loubser

My feet dragged me to the sands of deep
The earl' morn' a fine specimen for the connoisseur
What a day! A rise! The very air tells me the day is new
The breeze lifts my shirt, the gallon’s sails’ curse
And urges me not to follow the tracks now behind me
With a bit of age to the day, I have ne’er ventured this far
Thus far, the unknown stayed as that
But I did not dare regret anything new aft’ this walk;
My sight stumbled (as had I from an unknowing boulder)
Upon a slight glint between the white millions
I jogged a way and caught my breath ‘fore the waves
(The waves that hath carried a speck)
Would swallow it again and spit it to the mounds
A swift swipe sufficed to safe the speck
Gratefully, with prayer-hands, I held it aloft
What a pearl! A rise! My heart jumped
To see such beauty in such a small package
(If the time is taken to ponder, we would see much more)
I indulged in its magnificence, this planet I hold
The things I see like Earth we see from afar
Cannot tell all about it, no only show the clouds
A mountain or two, the blue of the ocean blue
So I foretold, with ingenuity, the secrets it held
The hap and mirth this speck could bring
And relished for a second the awe of my epiphany
As I hold this pearl, so too God is holding me