Possession

I reflect light in glamorous ways without trying.

A diamond formed by unspeakable pressures and time

found alone and sparkling,

a surprise to those wallowing in the dark, scraping in the dirt having become numb to life.

They want to keep me, hoard me to themselves.

They forget I was no one's before them.

I belong to the earth more than to any one person.

It may have been fate that I was uncovered,

but you have assigned my value.

Let me be enjoyed without ownership

or slutted to the highest bidder,

but as evidence of blessing in the world, a fleeting mirage to behold,

as melody in the wind and horizons over water.

I am shared for a season, a moment.

Smile upon my transparent unmatchable beauty

and know with awe that I will live long after our time together

and I will still shine without you.