Bookosmia Spotlight
Humans are interested in pearls but what about the hurt oyster? 13 year old Tanyaa Sarkar, a Bookosmian from Kolkata writes a moving poem reminding us of the destruction humans leave behind for material comforts.
She goes to the Heritage school.
Pearls – No Jewellery Is Worth Wounded Oysters | Bookosmia
A pearl is beautiful,
produced by a wounded life,
It is the tear of a hurt oyster
in whose life worries are rife.
No one knows its journey,
no one knows its struggle,
It doesn’t know what torture lies ahead
when it’s inside its shell, safe and snuggled.
Inside the oyster
glows a drop of moonlight,
Polished by the stars when
it fell through the night.
It stays carefree
not knowing the dangers of the world,
Its destiny can be fatal or wonderful,
it’s unconfirmed.
Its sacrifice will benefit the selfish mankind,
But it’s helpless since its fate with its body,
the oyster is entwined.
Humans are never satisfied,
that even if you give them one thing,
they want something more,
They think for themselves,
are selfish, self-centered,
and rotten to the core.
They kill such a helpless creature for their own need
The oyster crying and begging for help,
they pay no heed
They rip it apart
and take its life without a second thought
No idea of the pain to the oyster
that they have awfully brought.
The humans in the hope to find a pearl,
ended the life of that poor oyster right there
And the oyster…
What can it do?
It just sits there and cries in despair
And when it’s killed, pearl in it or not
It is left there in loneliness and left there to rot.
Its purpose of life and happiness finished
Its delectation and blithesomeness diminished
A pearl is beautiful,
produced by a wounded life,
It is the tear of a hurt oyster
in whose life worries are rife.
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