Pearl

out of nothing must come something
or somethingness will spread to nothing
out of day-in desperation
thrown words bound a thought

to build a refuge, a castle
one must stack stone upon stone
it is the same defense which drives us
to write when left alone

to build a vast imposing wall
'tween treasure troves and man?
or by those self same words create
treasure from a grain of sand?

and time's waves roll to ebb and flow
tumbled by fate's harsh hands
even gold's luster dims
in caverns measureless to man

but on the sandy life lost beach
where crimson bones fade to bleach
Crusoes to come may stoop and find
a Pearl of sand cast in my mind