diving down through black water......

diving down through black water to find the pearl

the pearl,

a glowing bit of heaven, lost and sorrowing over it's fall to earth

and yet in it's circular shape,

it is filled with a beautiful silkiness, a softness as if just born.

diving down through black water, my soul is the light that guides me.

without light

through the black water, i see nothing, but i know there is more, i know

below there will be the beauty of the sea.....the etchings of lacelike corral, the color

of radiant starfish laying as if asleep on ancient stones

and the silence of gentle seahorses

waiting for the current to carry them along.