A Damaged Diamond Still Dreams

Past reviews cast a pall on a complicated, conflicted, abstract mess

Wanting to believe while reticence beats my heart into fears digress

Petulant child looking for the naked truth convoluted in adult dress

Even a damaged diamond still dreams love will say yes

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Cinematic flickers stream across my cynical cats-eyes reassess

I saw photogenic liars hide sly souls as their bodies they undress

Living on the edge of a stilted stage play he critiqued the actress

Even a damaged diamond still dreams love will say yes

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Costumes slow dance through a surreal slide into desires caress

Blanching reality into a white hot frenzy burned into mindlessness

Giving it up to a golden trophy held in fragile hands that obsess

Even a damaged diamond still dreams love will say yes

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Tension tied in the lines of a tangled fairytale where lies coalesce

Only an innocent child puts hope in the fantasy of forever no less

Real as the concrete beneath my feet I awake no damsel in distress

It's magic that sees even a damaged diamond still dreams love will say yes

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