Of A Pearl Who Thought She Was Mud

you are the whole expanse of the glorious night sky;
magnificent by nature, majestic to behold,
but all your dazzling stars have been hidden
by clouds of insecurity

you are God’s love song to the world
the greatest ballad ever, a melody made of stardust
but you’ve turned down your volume
and the world can’t hear your lyrics

you are a pearl,
everything bright, brilliant, and beautiful
but you’re hidden within an oyster shell of fears
lost in a monstrous sea of self doubt

you are the centre of God’s most central thoughts,
the most vivid dream of the universe,
a miracle created to create miracles,
the seed of a great oak tree
waiting to bloom into a forest

so bloom Darling
burst out from the oyster shell of fears
that is too small to contain your big pearl of dreams
breakaway from clouds of insecurity
that have nothing on your array of stars of possibility
turn up the volume of your life’s music
and let the world dance to the rhythm
of a life well lived.