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Feb 2022
in his hands
he held a chunk of rock
within it lay
a diamond of beauty
he pined to extract
her from the ore
for he so wanted
to see her perfections
yet she'd not be
cajoled
out of her mother load's
material

he pondered
over the gem
so exquisite
how he yearned
to sense
her facets gleaming
exclusively for him
but she was embedded
and unreachable
there she'd stay in the
rough mantle's ore
ne'er could she be
his to embraceΒ Β 


he'd not feel her heart
palpating along side him
all hopes were dashed
his longing would remain
the lovely diamond
not releasing out of the
rock's permanent casing
Elizabeth Squires
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Elizabeth Squires
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