pearl of great price

From the poet's "strings of pearl" series.

pearl of great price

to love once. or twice. a slice off the rock of Gibraltar
handed over to ransom freedom. another cut to barter
for a nighttime flight to an empty room where dreams
accuse and cowards never dwell. a hell for sensitive
and honest hearts. but the price of freedom may yet
be paid. peace leased by the lifetime for the want
of a single pearl of great price. in the hands of a dreamer.


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.