A Poetic Pearl
Do not say you are imperfect or untrue
there is nothing that presides your virtue
despite what age defects and wrinkles
you are a royal vessel loaded with crystals
Once Auden said in glorification of Yeats
he survived every calamity that hard beats
by his talent of poetry that brought him every rarity
healing herb, perfume, Arabian pearls of unique variety.
Grey hairs in your pockets are just a token
For those who were and are by life broken
Maturity and brilliance are great true evidence
Why sorrows and wrinkles have decorated your skin.
Your aches and pains are by your words healed
And also those of who suffer in their lives and dread
Like thin rains, they drizzle hearts so frustrated
And wake the roots of virgin jasmine and pretty marigold
you are not an estate or property of your own
You are a flowing oasis of verse for everyone
a unique sun that lights, fascinates and warms
hearts that are for love so aspiring and greatly athirst..
A Poem by Lateef Shareef Dhmayd. Iraq.
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