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Diamond

I remember the first
Diamond
I'd ever seen
Hard and cold
Yet clear and brilliant
With an almost inherent
Light
As though it would glitter
Even in the dark...

And I've never seen a
Soul
So like a diamond as your own
Strong
Tough
Hard
Yet clear
Brilliant
Shining with the light of a
Thousand stars
Warring the darkness
And keeping the peace...

So perhaps that's how you knew
How you understood my soul
For what I hide is more of a
Diamond in the rough
No great beauty,
That much is sure
But real
And rough
And imperfect...

For I'm just now learning
To let life break me
To be sharpened by the wounds
And polished by the pain
And maybe someday to shine
With my own inner light
To stop hiding
And find strength
And courage
And beauty
From within...
And perhaps
Just maybe...
To be loved...
For me...

Only you have seen the potential
Only you have stopped to look
And you've lifted me
Faults and all
And pointed the way...
And, in your own way,
You've loved me...
And that has made the difference.


Copyright 2003 Anaildubh

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