The Pearls of Love

I thought that love

given so freely

behind the tears

and the working through

of fears

was something so valuable.

But I find that the pearls

I thought I was casting

was not to a cherisher 

of pearls, but a swine.

A trampler.

Don't cast your pearls

before the right time.

For each pearl 

painstakingly created.

Cast your treasure of love

to the one who will take it

and guard it with their life.