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Rough Edges

Rough Edges

We will make you a diamond
of great price
smooth the roughness
of nature’s edges
cut away hard grit
of centuries
expose your
“weakness””
erase the facets
of your being
cut deeply
hard angles,
reflections need
basking
in false façade.

Would that you
had remained
a diamond in the rough
uncut
just another
beautiful stone
unmindful
of your presence.


John G. Lawless
8/29/2017

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Pipping Stars

Date: 9/2/2017 7:19:00 AM

you think a cave needs a diamond ... what beaty shown there ... that even in the rough ... a bats drop .... a. is diamond cut ... awesome piece

Joanna Daniel

Date: 8/31/2017 8:33:00 AM

"Basking in false façade" - honestly written lines, John with a nice ending:)

Chris Green

Date: 8/30/2017 4:44:00 PM

Very cool John. I agree with Kim, that last verse was really nice.

John Lawless
Date: 8/31/2017 8:09:00 AM

Thanks Chris, glad to have you "back"

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/30/2017 12:44:00 PM

Love the final verse! "Unmindful of your presence"

John Lawless
Date: 8/31/2017 8:08:00 AM

Hey, Kim, always nice to hear from you. I often think that we spend so much of our lives trying to be what others want us to be that we forget who we really are.