The Pearl of Great Price

A pearl is both transparent

And reflective just the same

Its opaque white reflects all light

And prismed colors splay

Appearing almost luminous

It fetches quite a price

The gateway into heaven

Is a metaphor derived

For if we peered through heaven’s gate

We’d see self in its mirror

And yet we’d see to others

Through its portal also clear

Revealing diverse colors

While preserving them as one

Like sentience itself within

Divine comparison