The Pearl

Blinded by their shallow knowledge
they try to show off
whatever little they got

Little do they know
that ice can't be sold to Eskimos

As I watch
the painful drama unfolds
before my very eyes
Everyday!

Empty vessels making
a hell lot of noise

And I try my best
to ignore
those plastic smiles
those empty words
those fake concerns

Little do they know
that I see right through those things
from the very beginning

Lord has been very kind all along!
Blessed me with quite a few genuine friends
the kind who ain't easy to find

And blessed me
with the gift
to know when I meet one

And I make everlasting effort
and the Lord knows it
to be one

I ain't mean
disrespect to anyone
plastic or genuine

But I stifle
in the company of those
who don't mean
what they say
and say things they don't mean

There is more to life
than just a hallow success
which brings more bucks
and more plastics -- cards and friends

A wholesome life
we will realize
has no place for plastics
but for cheers and beers

I measure my wealth
by the genuine smiles I get
by genuine concerns for me
by genuine advices
by genuine gifts

Take a big stride
take a big flight
blow a loud whistle
so loud
that covers the noise
of those empty vessels

Those vessels are all around
making a lot of noises
hum a song and
ignore the noise

And if the noise goes louder
play the guitar along
with the song

If the noise
troubles you still
and you hear
it is swearing at you

Expect that the vessels
can have nothing else to offer

And that song
oh! that you must sing along!

Try and meet those
who make you smile
for the reason they don't know
and you don't know

Lack of reason
is the reason
for the happiness unbound
in the words
of a genuine friend

Do I hear you say
that his words ring
in your ears
for reasons you don't know
don't lose him for anything
for he is the one
sans plastic

I find it funny
when you say
speak to him
he is a shot!

Oh I don't want to
there are enough little bombs around him
I'd rather do my little job
than flock around shots and cannons!

Stroll around the sea
dabble in those random shells

Oh dive deep if you can
stay down under
as long as you can
did you notice the unnoticed?
if you didn't
may be you will

The idea is not to notice
but to get the thrill of diving deep!

Oh pleasure it is
to feel everything still
and oh that focus!!

And then when you come out
you hold that elusive Pearl

That which comes
not from desire and lust
but from the toil every moment
and the doer
relishes in the toil

And the Pearl brings cheers
not only to the doer
but the world around him
even beyond the very sea!

Oh that doer!
he looks at the things very far
he knows when they are approaching
he knows when he should approach

But the world
it is oblivious
to the fact
and sees nothing
and knows nothing

Yet he is aware
that the same world
will cheer about the Pearl

Will he care about
what comes out
of those empty vessels

Oh no never!
with the eyes fixed
on the Pearl so far
how could those empty vessels be visible!

His ears are fixed
to the cheers
the Pearl will bring

The Pearl he may get
he may not
but the Good Lord
always be with those
who try to bring
The Pearl to the world!!