Taken from The Pearl Poem by Simon Armitage
A more marvelous matter amazed me now:
beyond that beautiful water I witnessed
a crystal cliff, brilliantly bright,
radiant with glorious gleaming rays,
and seated at the foot of that summit was a child,
a noble girl, a young woman of grace,
wearing a gown of iridescent white.
And I knew her so well — I had seen her before,
Like sawn gold that glistens inside
she sat at the base of the cliff, and she shone.
I stared, astonished, and the longer I looked
the more I recognized and remembered her.
Debbie
30th December 2018