Open and Closed
Closed my hand around a diamond
and all the beauty left
Metal and flattened tree
paying to be free
safety making cowards of us all
Bounding universes in my mind
in just fractions of
an unnamed time
Beauty is unrecognised by words
before eyes unblinking
that never wish to close
applaud
and as my hand now open
I now see only stone
Copyright © Christopher Quigley | Year Posted 2019
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