Long ago, seems a century ago now, I came upon what I thought was a jewel in the sand;
a diamond in the rough. The most valuable jewel I possessed, but, one day I took a closer look and discovered my diamond was not a diamond at all, or any kind of precious stone.
It had lost its luster and in my hand all I had was a broken piece of glass,
then, it cut me.
-by Mercurychyld Copyrights
* I wrote this years ago, while going through a betrayal then a divorce. It's been reworked a bit from its original.*