<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=457381" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>As The Loveliest Diamond</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thou art, as the loveliest diamond: <br>The hardest 'substance' known to man-<br>To forget-even if I were prime, and<br>Accepted such, I do not know if I can.<br>Should I possess 1,000 lifetimes to do so, <br>And all manner of distraction along the way, <br>I would ne'er hope for this ardor to go-<br>And should it-I would surely rue the day<br>That this resplendent glory would have past, <br>From mine sight and be known by me, no more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This, my beloved, is the hold thou hast<br>Upon me, and thou art all I ever could have hoped for-<br>Until that day when a 'flaw' was found: <br>One that you wished away, lest you have to face it.<br>Perhaps, this was not presented to confound, <br>But rather, as the most effective way to erase it, <br>Both as a source of fear and as an impediment <br>To what otherwise was amorous 'perfection'; <br>Perhaps, its presentation was not yet meant<br>To be-and it was in need of further maturation.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am reminded of sentiment that you ceded to me-<br>Which spoke of what you believed you needed to be<br>Before you could allow for this couplet-<br>Ironically, the diamond bespeaks of it: <br>The one factor that sets it apart from all else.<br>This 'imperfection' is one that only you may propulse-<br>With the reward, all that it now keeps away! <br>Once gone, all form of trepidation sweeps away, <br>Almost as though it were never even there; <br>Of course, why would you even dare<br>Take one step closer to this 'perfection', <br>Unless what awaits you is worth this self-insurrection-<br>Toward a part of you, with which you wish to part! ? <br>You must surely beg this anguish to part, <br>So that you may find the inner-contentment<br>That dwells within you-this will take commitment, <br>Both to yourself and to the gift that awaits you-<br>Both to what you could be, and what that creates, too! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">-Maurice Harris,23 July 2012</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Maurice+Harris">Maurice Harris</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=457381" data-title="As The Loveliest Diamond de Maurice Harris" data-description="Thou art, as the loveliest diamond: The hardest 'substance' known to man- To forget-even if I were prime, and Accepted such, I do not know if I can. Should I possess 1,000 lifetimes to do so, And all manner of distraction along the way, I would..."></div> </div> </div>

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