Searching for true beauty
amid the desperation
when the struggle and the silence
fall away to show
that which makes it all worthwhile
those tender moments of honesty
soft and strong and buried deep
beneath the weight of mere existence
pressed like diamonds
into existence
honed like knives
from so much friction
we fight through endless
reams of bullshit
hands aligned to drag us down
all in hopes of tiny flashes
something more to keep us sane
that little smile
that gentle touch
those shared connections none can sunder
this world we’ve made
so cruel, so pointless
down deep there’s something
worth it all