Pearls to Swine
By Carmen H Gray
Don’t throw pearls to swine
He told me
What does that mean?
She asked
Give only to those who deserve you
As the wholeness of you
Shimmers with milky luster parts
Beholden to spectators
Begging for the shelter of your light
Light does not choose where it shines
She said
Or to whom it may fall
Knaves and doves
Are indistinguishable
In the shadows
And each of us can be swine transformed
To a pearl of light
That we once beheld
Monarca Rising 