"Look--A misshapen lump of rock
Dark grey and warty
A looked-over, kicked-over, picked-over egg-shaped chunk of silica
Unlovely and passed-over
Until--
An eagle's eye spots, lifts, cradles and warms
With surety and certainty
The cutter's hand places a blow
Here, here, here
And--
The rock splits in two
Light refracting its revelation, purple and white and blinding
Crystals and structures and pillars and columns
Created under heat and pressure
Listen--
The looker-, kicker-, picker-overs
Gasp at the complexities beyond their comprehension."
**I didn't have a picture of a geode, but I do have quite a few pictures of rocks so I included this one as it's igneous, and the same principles of heat apply.
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