Chasing A Pearl

The memory of a pearl hovering
over green fields with a glow like a flame.
I chased it as if death were behind me.
And then the chest closed over
just to tease me and spite me.

I tried to open the chest,
but I can't find the key.
Once the top starts to move,
the wind knocks it back.

So I took it up in flash of desperation,
and sunk to the depths of the sea
hoping to drown it into submission.
I could almost hear it laugh.

The pearl jumped out,
it's glow bending under the waves.
It dashed through the water,
but I can't swim nearly that fast.

Then I heard a whisper,
like a breeze blowing through trees.
“Is it worth it my son?
Will you fight for the treasure you've found?”

And my shouting reply,
Is a kick to swim faster.
I'm choking on water,
but I yell none the less.
Onward! Onward!