"She walks in Beauty,Like The Night - By Lord Byron (George Gordon)

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
 One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft,
So calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

Diamonds

 I heard Rihanna say shine bright as a diamond in the sky
The mere imagination is incomparable
The beauty that is a diamond
Its cut
Its glow
The way the light hits it and all around it sends sparkles around the room
Magnificent wouldn't you say







But when I call her a diamond its a beauty that only some will understand
We see only diamonds once refined
Polished and chiseled
In a show room
On ones finger or wrist
Around the neck or on a dress
Worn as ornament and we know not of its tale
We know not that only those with the rarest attributes become diamonds
When I called her a diamond its because she came from afar
She was a mere lump of coal
Yes I know how it sounds but listen to her story
She stood the test of the elements
The Earth buried her Put her through hardships
Pressured her tried to make her break kept her in darkness
Denied her her freedom
The Water tried to drown her
In misery In sorrow
Denied her to breathe
Tried to immerse her in nothing but the darkest and murkiest waters
The Air blew at her Harsh and unrelenting
Trying to peel her and turn her into dust
Always in her way pushing her back as she tried to move forward
And the fire It tried to burn her into dust
Scorch her and leave her marked for life
Story of her life
The hardships and tribulations she went through But the elements failed
For their purpose to diminish her only made her into the diamond I see now The Earth made her harder for all it did was break the outside weaker shell but the core remained intact And she became harder and able to withstand all she will be put under
The Water only washed away her dirt from the Earth and made her smoother
The Wind helped her get rid of the rough edges as the water did and her inner core remained strong
The Fire burned her outer layer and heated her insides
They glowed hotter and hotter
The heat built to its maximum
Until finally she exploded
And all that was left was a lump of crystal
A crystal that when polished,chiseled, and cut
By Love
Adoration Encouragement
Hope
Support
And mostly belief
The diamond emerged from the last folds of its crystal protection
For she was always a diamond
At her core In her essence
At the center of her being But for her to come out of her shell
She had to endure
And endure she did
Thus now the diamond she has become
The one we see Is the most magnificent of all.

I have been blessed to know a lot of diamonds in my life and I'm in awe of them. You were ordinary but made it through the extraordinary and have become the exquisite pieces that you are. We love you, we cherish you, we treasure you. To all the diamonds out there keep SHINNING.
Jah Bless