People & Pearls

Precious clams dwell the ocean deep

Treasure the pearls in their inner keep

Many a dive yield a generous reap

People cache pearls in their mystic deep

Hunt for clams in the human race

Eternal in nature so hasten in pace

Qualities that seem just right in place

Yield friends like pearls its time to brace

Uniqueness of pearls in shape and texture

Like people donned with a different nature

Recognize the person beyond his feature

Features like clams disguise the creature

Lucky the man with friends like mine

Each a pearl exudes a peerless shine

The necklace of pearls that makes the line

Like the friendship that lasts the test of time

Struggle to find a match in gold

To adorn the friends like pearls I hold

Exquisite like pearls that are never sold

Cloaked and masked through heat and cold