“Oh you, my dear friend, <br />You know, I’m rarely found, <br />Deep under the ground, <br />My life being earth-bound.” <br /> <br />“I’m under constant pressure, <br />Though I’m held as a treasure. <br />From you, I’ve nothing to hide, <br />My value and self-earned pride.” <br /> <br />“A brunette or blond may be she, <br />She ever loves to wear me, <br />For I add luster to her charm, <br />Keeping her spirit always warm.” <br /> <br />“I’m the hardest material <br />Taken out deep down the soil, <br />To be used as a tool to cut <br />Anything hard, even the toughest.” <br /> <br />“My half-brother coal, <br />To play, he has another role. <br />From our carbon family, <br />He comes out hurriedly.” <br /> <br />“His lack of patience, <br />Gives him no chance <br />Like me to become, <br />So, black he became.” <br /> <br />“They burn him as fuel. <br />To tell this, sorry I feel. <br />He could’ve stayed with me <br />To turn as diamond like me.” <br /> <br />“Diamond, diamond everywhere, <br />Not a coal-piece found anywhere. <br />Then how the poor would cook? <br />Isn’t an intolerable sight to look? ” <br /> <br />“Before my coal-brother I bow. <br />I feel like confessing now. <br />Am I really more valuable? <br />I beg it’s for you to tell.”<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/which-is-more-valuable/
