CARAT TOP

CARAT TOP
(Blank Verse)

Roger A. Davis

While other students repeated rote and old quotes
You gave this gift, a time of being free
We ran and dug into our diamond minds
At first it seemed we were alone, no vein
As time went on we began to see jewels
They may have been uncut and tarnished stones
But you knew not to hurry the cutting edge
Now the riches are being brought to the top
The tools of mining were patience and praise
And may you have a necklace bright and tooled
For I’m very thankful for fine days as these