In conjunction with International Women's Day celebrations this March, A Pearl of Wisdom was published in Rhyvers Beat Magazine, India. Here's the link: https://rhyvers.com/rbmarch24
Here's the poem for your kind reading. Thank you.
A Pearl of Wisdom
I thought the world was my oyster until I learned that oysters lived in a shell,
and formed pearls, priceless, in seclusion.
The sands camouflage the oysters,
Within, the pearl, their clasp,
Wary of the dangers from men,
Who might they be that steal from the bosom of their crest?
Alas, what does it benefit the sand,
when the pearl is left hidden,
and has no worth if unseen,
By the men who seek priceless treasures?
One day, I saw a shiny white pearl,
Glistening under the bright rays of the sun,
Oh, I thought, even the rays shine their radiance,
Upon seeing the magnificent setting of a lost pearl.
The shell lay forgotten and lost its presence, even with the sands that once hid them,
The tides would wash them away,
to be hidden again from the eyes of men,
who now see them as hollow and worthless.
Didn't they once camouflage the beauty of the white pearl?
I decided to wear it around my neck,
The pearl I thought precious enough,
to radiate my world with beauty and brilliance,
and make me a lady refined.
Isn't that way of a woman?
To radiate the world with beauty,
and bring forth the ways of the pearl,
To touch and refine the lives of those around them.
-shobana-
Happy International Women’s Day, 2024.
