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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.