Listening Gem

I told you,

once.

I have nothing to give,

but myself

I wanted to hope you were not listening
my words went unheard

lying in wait

a precious stone

it was forseen

one day a curious soul

should stumble across

this abode

gleaming there

a sparkling gem

hues of blue and green
hidden beneath the darkness

in life

bound to be picked up

twirled within the fingertips

of appreciation

You knew it would happen

You fortold the light

perhaps,

I was not listening

as our time

passed us by

unknowing

 love shared

unable to sustain

not listening.

when curiousity

rubs the soul clean

shining through the

pearlish light

as it naturally must be

You knew it would happen

an opal of oppurtunity

I just was not listening

perhaps you planted the seed

to lie in wait

patient

as our time passed us by

I told you once.

I wish you would have listened.

I wish I did not.

turned now to a ruby

in the heart

a diamond in the eye

of another

I cherish

what never was

never could be

sparkling

in the darkness

gleefully listening