12-17

How do we find value in lifeless rocks?

Well, depends how those rocks were made and found.

Intense heat and pressure, deep underground,

brought us diamonds, our love-death paradox.

Diamonds are forever. Love eternal!

Millions of years behind one stone, my rose,

and delivered by deep-source volcanoes.

Everlasting love from the infernal.

But a diamond can be made another way.

No, I'm not talking about man-made junk,

but an asteroid, a big incoming chunk

from space that will strike the Earth one day.

Imagine the wondrous rocks that would form

upon impact. Diamonds from the gods above.

Cold. Pure. Diamonds are not just about love,

my dear. Their shine foretells another storm.

Diamonds are also a reminder of death,

or at least of forces beyond control.

So beautiful, unburdened by a soul,

a diamond shines long beyond our final breath.