Pearl

My soul is like a pearl
lying on the ocean floor ...
Her shelter is known only to the moon,
its radiance is muffled by a wave ...
My home is a lost shell
I lie here, in a transparent silence
It's good for me to lie at the bottom
I love my turquoise vacuum
It's so nice to swim in zero gravity
Look at the clouds through the water
And to be lost in the midst of or in the sand,
plankton and swaying algae
 
My underwater observatory
silence and mystery surround
I know what no one knows
I remember my ancient history:
Cold Space, the attraction of black holes
Giant Explosion, Universal Hurricane
Flying ... and I'm falling into the Ocean
a shard of a dazzling star ...
I am the key to reading the Diamond Sutra
My soul will last forever
a tear of divine ...,
fallen into the sea and frozen in mother-of-pearl ...
 
I like to be a gray statue
Hide under a thin shell split
Cosmic Gold Treasures
Their secret brilliance, their eternal radiance ...
I'm only afraid of divers - seekers
I'm afraid one lucky swimmer
will reveal my secret at last
will find a lost shell at the bottom
I'm afraid someone might conclude
my shine in a rough frame
I'm afraid - I can't bear such "amendments"
I'm afraid I can't protect myself ...
 
I'm afraid there is no place for me up there; -
I will not be able to decorate someone's life
In captivity - I'll fade, fade
and lose my magic light
Can't hold the grail of holy water
I will not keep the winged fire inside
And I will forget that I was once
a shard of a dazzling star ...