• Drop a pearl
    Ethereal, timeless and pale

    Watch it cascade
    Plop, plup, plip into the goblet

    Rimmed with gold
    Graced with gems

    Reach into the goblet
    Fliter, flutter, fondle your fingers

    Can you find it again?
    The pearl? The memory? Can you tell me?

    Panic
    Search for it

    The pearl that is priceless
    You can't afford to lose it

    And yet you do lose it
    And yet you live on

    You say to yourself,
    "It's alright. I have more, and more, and more to come"

    However
    Lost memories cannot be retrieved

    No matter how deep you
    Dive, dare, delve into the goblet

    Keep your pearls safe
    In the soft downy gossamer nest

    And hoard them jealously
    Don't share, don't tell, don't give

    Unless
    You happen to find that special someone

    Exchange pearls with that special someone
    And they'll exchange with you