pearls

Life brings pain to every heart
Trust betrayed, hopes destroyed, Loves lost
All cemented in the deepest place
Some are blinding, searing, or just sad.
All have a place

Daydreams, Night visitors define us

Confronting provides no healing
Ignoring causes festering sores.

The wise build a beautiful dam.
It holds back life’s agony with a glaze of love
Contained now, these harms are gems of beauty
Pearls created from the love of God

Each pearl is a gift to us all.