You remember your first day of high school? This poem is about that classic school popular mean bully. Everyone sees the perfect outside, and forget to care about what's within, just desperate to secure a place in the popular gang. This is about a pitiful attempt at trying to become friends with them. It also involves a metaphor for them insulting or hurting you, the part about 'stepping on the diamond.' Any questions? If you read my poems, try and click the green flag before you read them - that's the only way they can get views and I'd love to see how many of you read my work! Thanks. Please give feedback! Poem Number Five.
A flash in the corner of my eye. I hardly notice it at first, It's the only time I've been anywhere near it. So I just keep my head down, Keep walking, Don't look back, Don't interact. A few weeks pass, A few acquaintances are at my side, But that shine is too bright too ignore any longer, The light at the corner of my eye, Unable to be ignored, Demanding my attention. I turn, I look, And regret it. A diamond, Stunning, Pristine, Fabulous, But harder than the toughest rock. That's what everyone sees anyway. I walk over, Bring a hammer down on it, Be as forceful as my muscles allow, Try to extract something from within, Anything of worth. But it pushes into the floor, Denting it, Leaving its permanent mark. Teasing me with its strength. A tear comes to my eye as, Accidentally, Innocently, One day as I pass it, I step on it. I feel the sting inflicted, Wounds left, And it hurts. Overwhelming pain. I drop the hammer, I walk away, Defeated, A loser, Unable to find any substance Beneath that perfect, indestructible Diamond shield.
