#geode
Geode, a Resemblance
by Michael R. Burch
Take this geode with its rough exterior—
crude-skinned, brilliant-hearted ...
a diode of amethyst—wild, electric;
its sequined cavity—parted, revealing.
Find in its fire all brittle passion,
each jagged shard relentlessly aching.
Each spire inward—a fission startled;
in its shattered entrails—fractured light,
the heart ice breaking.
Published by Poet Lore, Poetry Magazine and the Net Poetry and Art Competition. Keywords/Tags: Geode, amethyst, quartz, rock, stone, sequin, sequined, jagged, shard, brilliant, fire, passion, light, fission, ice
Mar 21, 2020
Mar 21, 2020 at 6:28 AM UTC
You know how when you break open
some rocks you find crystal?
My heart is like that
break it open and you will find
all my love for you
I'm like a geode
I seem ugly and hollow at first
but after you break me apart
you will see all the treasure in me
that was hidden on the surface
Only now it is no longer yours
every touch from then on
turns my crystals to rust
one shard at a time
A geode turned to coal
for the next heartbreak
to reveal my hidden gold
Mar 4, 2019
Mar 4, 2019 at 1:04 PM UTC