Journey's Egg!

• Megen Shaw, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2015

New Zealand bound,
Egg shaped eminence,
metallic memento,
Shimmering, shiny superiority,
Perfection's imperfections,
From the sea your exterior began,
Opalescence, the seed of new life,
Ocean’s infinity, the puzzle is complete,
Segmented paua pieces, solidarity comforts,
A symbol of my heritage,
The transitional development,
Potential beginnings, my life in a nut shell,
Flashes of the rainbow, memories from the past,
Resemblance of a peacock,
Variety of pride and hope, lying in the palm of my hand,
A happy smell, from my little paua shell.