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If that gem lay there before you the one you never knew you needed if it shimmered would you not reach to make it your own If it sparkled, just enough to lift your heart from where it sank if it was there would you turn away for lack of reason Would you tell yourself it’s not for you not meant, not earned, not real that some hands are made to hold beauty and yours are not among them Would you fear it might fade in your grasp or that you would break it smear the shine with doubt taint the treasure by wanting it too much Or would you kneel not with greed but with wonder fingers trembling, heart split open and take it gently like it had been waiting for you all along
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May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM UTC
The Gem - Revisited
If that gem lay there before you the one you never knew you needed if it shimmered would you not reach to make it your own If it sparkled, just enough to lift your heart from where it sank if it was there would you turn away for lack of reason Would you tell yourself it’s not for you not meant, not earned, not real that some hands are made to hold beauty and yours are not among them Would you fear it might fade in your grasp or that you would break it smear the shine with doubt taint the treasure by wanting it too much Or would you kneel not with greed but with wonder fingers trembling, heart split open and take it gently like it had been waiting for you all along
Original: https://hellopoetry.com/poem/835517/the-gem/
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30/Cisgender Male
May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM UTC
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