I am like dusty coal, being transformed by excruciating pressures over time into something of greater value; my imperfections give me a lower jeweler’s grading, but colors the unflawed stones lack.
Author notes
pain is a great teacher
A contest entry
- The Power Of Compression. by electric supernova.
600 points, ended June 28, 2007, 42 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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