THE ONCE PEARL

THE ONCE PEARL

I once

Was known

As the eastern

Pearl

Now my 

Beauty

Is

 Fading...

I'm hit

And mistreated

Abused by

Admirers.

They call me

Lovely

Paradise pretty

Yet

They won't

Let me 

Be!

My face

Is scared

By modern

Time dreams...

My soul

Torn 

From within...

All of my

Own

Have abandoned

Me

For what they 

Believe

Are

Far better

Rivers and

Streams

Of currency!

Oh, I weep

For what I 

Was

And what i

Have become.

A hideoua

Face

A ragged soul,

My heart

Tattered and

Torn.

I am

Not what I 

Once was...

I am 

Goa no

More!

     FREDERIKA MENEZES