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Subject: Mirror Finish


Author:
David Young
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Date Posted: 18:53:04 02/24/03 Mon
Author Host/IP: adsl-61-188-123.bhm.bellsouth.net/208.61.188.123

A stone rippled smooth
with a mirror finish.
Polished from years of abuse,
yet hiding an opposite side,
resisting change in darkness.

A boulder in the face of onslaughts.
Sandblasted from jagged edges,
a rough cut of what it was.
Still resisting the winds of change
but dislodged it will show
its rough side of determination.

In molten rock,
all boundaries have been lost.
Moisture determining its new form
with a crust, it again resists change.
As the tides crash into it,
carving out its initials.

So a diamond in earth’s womb,
precious in its unflawed form.
So crystal clear, having no impurity.
Dislodged to the surface
from a million year sleep.
In a precision cut, a jeweler will do
what nature dared not.
Putting a mirror finish on all sides.


Thought: Writing is a rough cut of life being polished by years of experience but the flaws will never let you finish typing.



D.Lester Young 2/23/2003
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry)

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Re: Mirror FinishDeb05:04:25 02/25/03 Tue
Re: Mirror FinishLori S. Maynard17:43:21 02/25/03 Tue


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