PEARL DIVIING         (12-20-05, Sunrise; Galveston Island, Texas)

     broken lines
of ink bleed out
     from tip of
pen in hand
     through calm  
stilled mind
     onto nocturnal
page again
     one word
at a time
     begins then ends
soon followed
     by another
like thin  wiry
     strings of black
word pearls
     though so few
ever seem
     to become true jewels
yet still somehow
     they come
together to gather
     of their own accord
drifting up from  
     innermost depths
like sunken  
     unexpected gifts
of subliminal  
     buried treasure
they surface up
     out of deep  
mystical darkness
     as if to seek
and reach
     more lucid light
of forthcoming day
     slowly formed  
over time
     through some strange
subconscious alchemy
     and other unseen
variables  of
     collective circumstance
where hidden
     within some dark  
womb like space
     of moist  somatic
obscurity
     they gradually grow
one layer
     at a time
until congealing
     into their final form
wherein a single
     grain of sand
can somehow in
     its secluded purge
mysteriously be
     transformed
into a beautiful  
     luminous pearl
or a single word
     alone
which can spark
     like seed
the sudden sprouting
     of new poems
transcending even
     the oceans vastness
beyond the depths
     up from which
they come
     up from which
this one now
     has just arisen
to nestle here
     in my slippery
sleeping mind
     dislodged from
some unknown oblivion
     by my dreams
in which i sensed
     its distant shines
soft reflection signal me
     while adrift  away
so deep within
     my own subconscious
timeless submersion
     a gentle call
comes to only
     partially awaken me
to pry it free
     from its etheric hold
to release it from
     its inner journey
as it releases
     me from mine
where upon its escape
     i witness its
virgin birth
     and consider its
curious form
     while listening closely
in hopes of discovering
     any subtle  
intuitive meaning
     within the freshly
congealed unfolding
     of its newly
surfaced song
     arisen quietly here
upon the soft
     pale light
of this silent
     new days
dawn  now come