A Flawed Diamond

I am a diamond, a faceted gem One thousand faces each flawed are them Some hold the truth but most hold the lies Hidden barely behind all my beautiful smiles Nobody knows but surely they’ve felt The darkness inside me my true, hidden self That’s which is captured, kept under lock and key Sometimes they surface through my flaws they seep A diamond is meant to be strong, clear and pure It keeps under pressure and is always sure This is what all the others wish only to see They never look deeper they never truly see I may be a diamond though flawed as I am The strength they perceived I was endowed by them When leaned on by someone there are only two things to do Be dragged down by them or you learn to stand true I have always believed that the second was right Cause even when dragged down, one is able to fight Now, is it not better to let the other one fall? So when they hit rock bottom, you are able to stand tall To lean down a hand and share with them your strength The bond that you share may have been stretched full length But the lessons they lived hard learnt as they came Engraved by the fall but are healing all the same Some things must be learnt from taking a fall Not by leaning on others, expecting them to stand tall You must not be afraid when others knock you down It may hurt like hell and turn you around But to live in this world you must stand on your own Take note of your flaws and skills you can hone For one tiny hole, unprotected, is all it takes Shattered with destruction left in its wake A flaw or weakness that is exploited will grow From deep within; from where the seeds were sown Like veins of darkness running through the purest of gems One good blow, weakened, will shatter them I may be a diamond, darkened flaws and all I will not be broken, shattered from a fall I am stronger even with strength, given it may be It runs deep within creating the self that I claim to be me I may not have earned a diamond’s many skills But the thing that defines me is my diamond will.