My stuff is so vile, I am less than dust
while your gleam rends the mirror's heart.
My darkness lights the chafing-dish
before I am incinerated. A miner's boot
tramples my head, covering me with ashes.
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Miner's boot! ! ! ! I am less than dust. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
This poem, inspires me, with the symbolism of the diamond, meaning beauty.The poet endows the diamond, with beauty and all it empire, \The poet also, provides a contrat, coal verses the precious diamond, encapsulating, a paradise for the soul
A dialogue between coal and diamond, beautifully rendered
Beautiful poem. Coal or diamond, be who or what you are and be proud of it.
I'm quite amazed by the fact that coal and diamonds are made of the same material yet they look 100% dissimilar
Burn because you are soft. Banish fear and grief. Be hard as stone, be a diamond. great moral teaching