A diamond is found in the rough.

This beauty is found deep in the earth

And amongst hard and tough stone.

Great effort is put forth to discover these gems.

Beauty is found when these diamonds are revealed.

In fact, beauty has been there all along,

But it was buried beneath the rough.

Ya see, a diamond is no ordinary find,

Its beauty is indescribable and greatly unique. 

It’s no wonder that a great struggle

is required just for these gems to be unveiled.

 

It is the rough, though that is familiar to so many.  

It’s hard, it’s stubborn,

and it’s not easily worked through.

Struggle and strife is inevitable;

The rough puts up a great fight.

In fact, there’s been a number of tragic casualties

That have come by the way of the rough.

We can take heart though;

There is beauty in the rough.

There always has been.

As we challenge the ornery rough

And break through it,

We are reminded

Of the beauty, of the “diamond”

that was there all along.

And the greatest beauty

That was awaiting its great entry

Has finally been revealed.