So long as it Shines

poem by: Elizabeth Ladji
Written on Feb 15, 2015


Wicked or otherwise,
    she had seen with her own eyes,
              not that she wanted to,
       since logic didn't seem to apply.
Sparkling like sunlight,
       priceless jewels;
           but glass;
                just glass.

 

Tags: sad, beat,

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Frank J. Davis commented:
Apparently, relatively few can tell the difference between gems and glass--in jewelry, or in life. Very fine work, Elizabeth!
Lef Turner commented:
nice, very nice.

 

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