Analysis of Pearls in an oyster’s shell
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Strings of human pearls
like particles of sand,
captured between
worlds of life
in the oyster’s shell.
If it’s our imperfections
which connect us
In the now
to the rest of the souls
in humanity
It takes forgiveness
to make us whole
If it is life’s purpose,
in revealing our limitations,
That get us started
on the road of self-control
As we tell
our life stories
and let our position
Among the stars
guide our inspirations
From one point
to the next,
with a gift
Which we call insight,
become written
into the script
and if we earnestly
try to do our best,
each step On our journey
as we share in these moments
In our efforts to protect
the innocent soul beings,
assigned here with us.
As we find ourselves
returning from the lost,
by some miracle called hope.
As we walk along this pathway together,
Adrift upon the river of light
between the stars
reaching from the beginning of time
To the end of who it is we are to become.
To witness life’s secret
fluidic energies in motion
In each moment
of our present life design
Realigned to the possibilities
we seek to find
Which bring us
to this focal point
of time and light
With which
we live our now.
With love and tenderness,
we came into this world
First, the possibility exists
for us somehow
despite the odds
to make this world a better place
to live and learn
our lessons,
We'll pass
our final test.
Perhaps there will come to be
a story about
One of our attributes
worthy of mention
In the best interest
of humanity
Despite the steady rain
Of suffering, pain, and death.
To give another soul
hope to hold on to
With a chance at happiness.
Our battle scars
are war wounds
in the battle Across eternity
against the soul thief.
While we have each other
in reflection
And if
you listen carefully,
You can hear
the subtle whispers
of the qualities
which
make each one of us
special and unique.
And if by chance you
i are counted among
ones, still hoping
to make a mark
worthy of mention
Before our last
breath is released.
To benefit the next wave
of brave spirits
Who’ll, cross the river of souls
to take our place.
Those who choose
to live encapsulated,
With the pearl essence
of spiritual relief
A world of perfect, imperfection
Outside the belly of the beast
As our life essence,
distilled to pure love
Dances with the sunlight,
condenses into the spring
Of nourishing energies ...
of which we may all
Freely take our fill
and together
Find our Peace
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) |
Metre | 11101 110011 1001 111 00101 1110010 1011 001 101101 00100 11010 1111 111110 001010010 11110 1011101 111 10110 0110010 0101 110010 111 101 101 1111 0110 0101 011100 111101 1111010 1110110 01010101 0100110 01111 111001 010101 1110011 1110111010 010101011 0101 101001011 101111111101 110110 1100010 0110 11010101 001100100 1111 111 11101 1101 11 11101 110100 110111 10010001 111 0101 11110101 1101 1010 11 10101 0111111 01001 111010 10110 00110 10100 010101 1100101 110101 11111 1011100 10101 111 0010010100 01011 111110 0010 01 110100 111 01010 10100 1 11111 10001 01111 111001 1110 1101 10110 01101 1101 1100011 1110 1101011 11101 111 110100 10110 1100001 01101010 11010101 110110 01111 10101 10101 1100100 11111 101101 0010 1101 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 2,618 |
Words | 614 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 65 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 115 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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