Gemstones--(a poem) written in 2010

Gemstones
By Sherri S. Crowley

My hopes and dreams--
a ruby shaft of sparkling stone
cut with deft precision
from my heart,
tossed casually onto the tile of the hallway
and left lying--
exposed and abandoned,
gradually pulverized into powder
by the repeated striking
of cold steel.

In its place a stone
lodged, and healed over,
heavy and tearless,
lying dormant--
pressurized.
Until one day,
by precision blade,
it is exposed again--
a diamond,
cold, hard, and colorless,
dazzling in captured light
reflecting prisms from all colors--
splintering the light that passes through it
into rainbows.

This gem,
more rare
and more exquisite
than the first,
rests quietly
in that heart--
where hopes
are dawning,
and old dreams awaken
into possibilities.


This poem was written as part of a process of inner healing which has been occurring over the last 7 years.  We all go through stuff.  Thankfully with time, and God's help, we heal.