Saturday, July 6, 2024

bittersweet Poetic Asides

 Pearls

 

To defend against irritants,

marine oysters

and freshwater mussels

secrete aragonite and conchiolin,    

making layers of nacre,

and, over time, form pearls.

Pearls can be silver-white,

orange, green, black or pink.

Rare, valuable, and beautiful.

Some friendships are like that.

No comments: