When I scribble out a few words
Or choose very many of them
The message should remain simple
Like a beautiful, shining gem
I do not want you to solve grand equations
I do not want you to be scratching your head
I want you to find sheer beauty
In the simplicity of what is said
Sometimes, I am a meandering rambler
Said very little with many words said
I'd rather trim off all the fatty excess
So you will not choke on what was read
We are often undiscovered treasures
We are often diamonds in the rough
We should create while we still have breath
For we will return to the ground, to dust
I hope you can envision lovely jewels
That the world was meant to create
Designed more to display humble beauty
Than it was meant to hate
Nothing special to say, you often think
I thought that myself, since I was a girl
As a pent up clam beneath the murky sea
Lies within myself the precious pearl
Aug 13, 2010
Aug 13, 2010 at 5:41 PM UTC
When I scribble out a few words
Or choose very many of them
The message should remain simple
Like a beautiful, shining gem
I do not want you to solve grand equations
I do not want you to be scratching your head
I want you to find sheer beauty
In the simplicity of what is said
Sometimes, I am a meandering rambler
Said very little with many words said
I'd rather trim off all the fatty excess
So you will not choke on what was read
We are often undiscovered treasures
We are often diamonds in the rough
We should create while we still have breath
For we will return to the ground, to dust
I hope you can envision lovely jewels
That the world was meant to create
Designed more to display humble beauty
Than it was meant to hate
Nothing special to say, you often think
I thought that myself, since I was a girl
As a pent up clam beneath the murky sea
Lies within myself the precious pearl
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