Diamond in the Rough

So keep going. You’re not waiting to become something. You’re already it.

You don’t sparkle like the ones in glass,

No perfect cut, no setting to show off.

But I’ve seen the way the light catches,

when you speak —

Like something deep inside just woke.

Yeah you’re a diamond in the rough —

Not smooth, not shiny, not what they call “enough.”

But pressure made you. Time shaped you.

And I can see it — even if no one else does.

You don’t need to be cut down,

Don’t need to hide the edges where you’ve been.

That’s not damage — that’s how you stayed true.

And one day, someone’s gonna see you —

not for what you’re not,

but for what you are with true character shining up.

So keep going.

You’re not waiting to become something.

You’re already it —

just need to be polished constantly.

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