Life A String Of Pulsating Pearl Moments Poem by Terence George Craddock

each life is like a string of pearls
stretching moment to moment
measured in tiny heart beats time
stretching into future distant far
or near if illness tragedy lurk
each breath a white pearl moment
birth of baby is a string of white pearls
straight shucked from womb shell

cervix flesh raw umbilical cord cut tired
each precious pristine white pearl breath
life pulsating in renewal life celebration
loving arms wait to hold to comfort caress
first soft caress of air enfolds baby skin
skin washed cleaned protective wrapped

life is lived in unknown life journey
unfolding day by day white pearl breaths
each vibrant life moment white pearl breaths
too soon age time will sow an age curse
body baby grows childhood teenage grows
middle age old age body step step slows
too soon time of black pearls will come
black pearl moments black pearl moments

black pearl moments enter last dying breaths
life is not limited from birth to death confined
conception to death starting line starts ends
each line life defined in white pearl moments
sow glorious beads in bead white pearl lives
grace life with treasure white pearl necklace

like a string of pearls each life stanza is strung
together in a kaleidoscopic strand white pearls
choice interactive beauty each strand life choose
a touch of bliss then death is not legacy finality
blessing love nurturing beauty is good life sown
departing on a sweet note thus life's song is done