No Gem Here

Published on by Tosha Michelle

Knowing that I’m less than a diamond,
no emerald or pearl, only mere glass.
I’m not afraid of being common,
or choking on insecurity’s bone.

I carry no bitterness in my veins.
Just a faulty valve of naivety.
My blood pulses with compassion.
The flow of humanity.
Brokenness, the barbedwire
fence I like to call my soul.

I trip over needle and thread
trying to sow a stronger spine.
I back tack kindness to my sleeve
and watch as my heart slips to the floor.

Hope perches on my breastbone.
I listen to it’s tune, wanting to soar.
It drowns out the murmurs
of negativity and doubt.
Finally unencumbered,
I sing along, the words repeat
“go on” “go on” “go on”.

-Tosha Michelle

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26 thoughts on “No Gem Here”

  8. Your a diamond gem with such a beautiful heart and a powerful mind.

    My favorite lines:

    “My blood pulses with compassion.
    The flow of humanity.
    Brokenness, the barbedwire
    fence I like to call my soul.”

    Compassion with humanity we must not lose hope in them.

    Brokenness of the soul, we need to recharge ourselves. Beautiful.

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