What you can find
On every street corner
Is not a rare jewel
Nor a sincere mourner
What you can find
At every farmer’s market
Is not worth its price a second glance
Or the brand name regarded
What you can find
At the bottom of a well
Is worth to a homeless crab
The same as a filled shell
What you can find
Among the garbage of the homeless
Is not the king’s reign
But a library now tomeless
What you can find
In the new sects
Are preachers and leaders
Of the wrong sex
What you won’t find
Here on the Earth
Is the treasure you seek
Valued beyond all worth.
About the Creator
Emily Dickerson
Hopeful and young, full of love. From my heart high praises are sung. For this reason I am here: to love and serve and bring all souls near. <3
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