A diamond
A needle in the hay
A band buried, now tossed away
Years of heartache
Leaning into dams
Now, dams giving way
Rain, inching up
Riverbanks and wind washing away
Clay stitching up the crystal
Gray covering the sky until
Only blue sky remains
Sunlight shining
Moonlight, now too bashful to stay
Soon I may find my own way
To her heart
Finally start
Feeling whole and brave
I ran in circles
Clouds blooming above me
Making it worse
Always assuming
I'd never escape
She'd forget to find me
Now, she's inching up
Walls and barriers cutting away
Clay stitches from the crystal
Gray blankets behind which
Beautiful, blue sky remains