The Pearl

Benjamin was reared among the great ones,
His father rules a city in the clouds.
With his mother right beside him,
He's had a king and queen to guide him
To the crown.
One day his father told him of the testing,
How he'd have to face the dragon down below
And retrieve a pearl of wonder,
A jewel beyond all others.
The pearl would prove the substance of his soul.

He said, return with the pearl,
Brave your way through the maze of that world,
And you'll have my honor.
Return to my side,
And I'll clothe you in raiment of light.
Just like thy brother, heir to forever,
If you remember to get the pearl.

So Ben took his journey down through Egypt
And lodged among the merchants by the sea.
But he feared the stare of strangers
And soon gave into dangers foolishly.
He ate the food and wore the clothes of Babel.
He forgot he was the child of a king.
But his father knew the matter,
So he sent a benefactor
With a message to awake Ben from his sleep.

Return with the pearl,
Brave your way through the maze of that world,
And you'll have my honor.
Return to my side,
And I'll clothe you in raiment of light.
Just like thy brother, heir to forever,
If you remember to get the pearl.

The words struck familiar,
His memory revived.
He entered the waters
And left Babel behind.
Outlasting the dragon,
He captured the pearl,
Love urging him onward
Past the snares of that world,
'Til he came to the gateway
That all face alone,
His father there
To welcome him home.

You've come with the pearl,
Fought your way through the maze of that world,
So you'll have my honor.
You've returned to my side,
Now I'll clothe you in raiment of light.
Just like thy brother, heir to forever,
Because you remembered to get the pearl.