I see Steinbeck through a new light.
I am a pearl.
But not just any pearl,
I am The Pearl.
The Pearl that changes lives
And changes hearts.
I am Steinbeck’s pearl.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Until some is just lucky enough to find me
Hidden in my shell.
And that person was you.
I didn’t look like much,
But you knew better.
You chose me anyway.
And you were in awe of what you found beneath the surface.
And you were instantly rich.
You knew you were blessed to have found me.
But you knew you had some new troubles too.
You knew that men knew of the treasure you held.
You knew that they would try to take that from you.
You knew you could stop them.
But not for long.
When trouble came and you took me and fled.
But I was not safe.
Nothing was safe.
Because you would not let me go,
Trouble took the one thing you cared about more.
And because it was too much
To look me in the eye.
Because everything had started when you found me.
You let me go too.
You threw me back where you found me.

I’m wrong to miss you.
You never were as special as I pretended you were.
I wish I never kissed you.
I wouldn’t feel as lonely and I wouldn’t be so hurt.
Every person that I see I wish was you.
In my heart I kind of wish that you hurt too.
Every time I hear your name, I turn my head.
I can’t go to sleep without you holding me in bed.
I’m as foolish as they come to want you back.
But I thought you gave me things I never had.
The more I think, the more I hope I’m wrong,
The more I wish I never wrote this song.

It is better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all.
Is it better to have known the pride that goes before the fall?
Is it best that one so sweet and fair learn life’s hardest truths?
Is it right to hear at a young age that fortune favors youth?
Is it best to judge a character on how someone reacts?
Is it wise to question sayings that have been taught as fact?
Is it better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all?

You changed,
You changed
I walked a way
To keep myself
I lost the game.
The game,
The game,
You were not fair
It was a war
I left you there.
You’re there,
You’re there,
And there you’ll stay.
You play the game.
I’ve walked away.