You're Worth More Than Diamonds

 

I am strong

Because I've known weakness.

I am whole

Because I've known loneliness.

I am confident

because I've been broken.

I can love

because I've known hate.

Everything has happened

for a reason.

The tears, the blood, the pain..

The mistakes, flaws, and isolation.

It was to purify you,

through acrid flames,

into a person who could see the world

in a different way.

It was to clear away the excess,

and expose the diamonds within the coal.

Your suffering,

has made you whole.

In a way no book could ever teach you.

Because when you have lived,

as long as us.

Everything

Is so much more

precious.

So the next time,

you think you will just give up.

Remember that all of this,

is just building you up.

By the end,

You'll be worth more than infinite mounds of diamonds.

Youth is fleeting,

so is happiness.

But when you've finnaly accepted who you are...

that wont ever change. 

No matter what comes your way.

I can see

because my eyes have been clouded.

I can feel

because I've been numb before.

I can hope

because I've known despair.

 Because of these things.

I am strong.

In a way someone who hasn't felt this,

can't become.