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Black Beauty Discussion: Perspective

Black Beauty

With minimal crystal
the vicious molten magma
beneath the earth's crust
rises to the surface
to spew volcanic ash
and ravenous, crimson lava
down and out
to flow over
unwilling terrain
and into the sea
quickly cooling to create
jagged rock formations.
With time the spikes
and splinters
of the dense mass
become glassy,
black and brittle,

The sharp edges
ideal to cut and slice
with precision.
The mirrored surface,
a shiny bauble,
the perfect contrast
to luminous skin.

         Obsidian,
nature's jet-black beauty.
                   ~~Judi Van Gorder


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Assignment: Write a poem about the concept of change.
"DISCUSSION: Perspective"