Shattered Jewels
New cut diamonds sparkle in the dawn light
Dazzling onlookers by shining so bright
The fire dancing in their hearts
Showing true life in its dancing sparks
But zirconium runs rampant through the streets
Thriving in the poison environment that breaks the innocent weak
Its fake splendor draws the eye of the crowd
A hideous soul hidden by a beautiful shroud
As fewer and fewer look or care
The diamonds’ shine disappears under the dust they bear
Tarnished an disregarded, want keeps them confined
To the life of being trodden on by mankind
Used and thrown away by the public they had once enthralled
The ones that watch unflinching as the hopeless fall
Grime smothering the fire that had lived within
They become like the rest, shattered jewels, lost to men
Dazzling onlookers by shining so bright
The fire dancing in their hearts
Showing true life in its dancing sparks
But zirconium runs rampant through the streets
Thriving in the poison environment that breaks the innocent weak
Its fake splendor draws the eye of the crowd
A hideous soul hidden by a beautiful shroud
As fewer and fewer look or care
The diamonds’ shine disappears under the dust they bear
Tarnished an disregarded, want keeps them confined
To the life of being trodden on by mankind
Used and thrown away by the public they had once enthralled
The ones that watch unflinching as the hopeless fall
Grime smothering the fire that had lived within
They become like the rest, shattered jewels, lost to men