Gold - 1986 - by MrM

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Like gold you are a rare and disappearing beauty.

The likes of your heart have not been seen 

and will not be surpassed.

The knowledge of your very existence 

denotes all others to a lower position 

than they would have held 

had you never been.

Your heart is fragile and easily broken, 

yet your spirit endures throughout all battles 

and is ultimately the victor.

You are like a glass decoration: 

cherished, beautiful 

- deserving attention and protection.

Your character makes all others seem unruly and vicious 

when in reality they may actually be well behaved and gentle. 

It is pervaded by a sense of duty and rightness, 

and is determined to do what is best every time.

Others may laugh, because they feel uneasy in your presence. 

You lower them to a point of truth - just in your actions.

Compared to you, they are nothing... yet you care for them.

I've never met the likes of you, 

and yet... I'm sure that you must exist.

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