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“Those who wander along the beach Find conches and shells But those who dare to venture Into the depth of the ocean Discover precious pearls...” Of blindness must we suffer not to see The hidden pearl into the imperfection How many lives May pass around us Before we notice beauty, Force, or splendor Soul-stirring people in the day Arose to my eyes Somebody thinking of ending her life Somebody terminally ill, Praying for courage In the ones that will be left behind So many people we don’t look upon Because they don’t seem good enough Bright enough To get our admiration Spectacular enough Young enough Or maybe rich enough Joyful enough Or full of life enough To catch our eye To rise our glim Our interest or our closeness... How much distress And how much desolation Must we endure now Before we see them Embrace them Treasure them Learn from them Cry with them Grow with them They slide unobserved Soul-stirring Like shadows Shadows of thoughts that we are Sky-stirring Those who wander along life Find conches and shells But those who dare to venture In the depth of the soul Find pearls
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Dec 21, 2015
Dec 21, 2015 at 11:23 PM UTC
Those who wander
“Those who wander along the beach Find conches and shells But those who dare to venture Into the depth of the ocean Discover precious pearls...” Of blindness must we suffer not to see The hidden pearl into the imperfection How many lives May pass around us Before we notice beauty, Force, or splendor Soul-stirring people in the day Arose to my eyes Somebody thinking of ending her life Somebody terminally ill, Praying for courage In the ones that will be left behind So many people we don’t look upon Because they don’t seem good enough Bright enough To get our admiration Spectacular enough Young enough Or maybe rich enough Joyful enough Or full of life enough To catch our eye To rise our glim Our interest or our closeness... How much distress And how much desolation Must we endure now Before we see them Embrace them Treasure them Learn from them Cry with them Grow with them They slide unobserved Soul-stirring Like shadows Shadows of thoughts that we are Sky-stirring Those who wander along life Find conches and shells But those who dare to venture In the depth of the soul Find pearls
This poem is inspired by, and dedicated to, the great writer and entertainer Amitabh Bachchan
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alice-baudoin
West Lafayette, IN
Dec 21, 2015
Dec 21, 2015 at 11:23 PM UTC
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