a pearl

will this day
be a pearl on the string
just swinging prettily around the neck of the universe?
nah, i will stack it
making a stepping stone into the future
learning, leaping, falling, climbing to new heights
that way even today
is no longer self-contained, but connected
forming an essential block in the steps of change, yet
at the same time still
meant to create a pattern of beauty---
a pearl, lustrously declaring the ingenuity of divine design.