soul pearls
soul pearls fall
after being grown
from a grain of thought
irritation
held
smothered
smoothed over
from life
and from love
made in the bottom of
the sea of the mind
till they flow in streams
and pool
to death
soul pearls fall
in sorrow
as they fall
in all worlds
drops of tears
glisten and sparkle
from life’s ocean of love
by Art~
(the patience of a zen master is like that of an oyster)
