Jewels of Glass

Amidst the vast sea of sand

Bright crystals of hope doth stand,

Against the desert so grand,

Refusing to kiss the hand,

Hostile toward the command,

Of monochromatic land.

Jewels the great star remade,

Diverse in color and shade -

The sand attacked and betrayed

In their unholy crusade,

Buried to make colors fade.

Jewels hidden and buried,

Are converted and stymied,

Pressured to sand and proceed

To join the sad grains serried.

And thus few jewels now shine -

The pearls buried deep resign

Under pressure, live supine.

False sea of tranquility -

Sea of similarity.

Where jewels of glass perish…