Pearl of my Heart

pearl of my heart 

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in my dreams

i am of the sea

and you are my most treasured pearl

i hold you,

wrapped, neatly nestled

in the crook of my arm

i am afraid,

that you might slip away, swiftly;

that my grasp is too strong.

in my dreams

i am of the sea

and you are my most treasured pearl

i hold you,

but i know that i cannot

forever hold your beauty with integrity

yet still, i am afraid,

that you may never come home;

that my grasp is not strong enough.

but oh, in my dreams,

dear pearl, you, 

in your shining shell,

you deserve to be free,

to flow in the vastness that be,

to experience eternal possibility

you deserve to be free,

and if you stayed nestled in me,

true love i could never give to thee.

in my dreams

we are of the sea

and we are a most treasured pair

we hold not onto the other

unravelled, perfectly playful

in the magic of water’s flowing form

i am no longer afraid,

that you may never come home;

for my flesh and your shining shell are one

in my dreams

we hold not onto the other

i am no longer afraid.