Rotting Diamonds

Please world, do not lock that child up
Within those ugly greying walls,
Faceless clocks ticking away its life.

Please world, do not experiment with its eyes
Your knives and needles are hurting it,
Can't you see it bleed?

Please world, do not bury its mind
Under the heavy filth you call facts and data,
It cannot breathe anymore.

Please world, do not shackle its hands
Shoving them into your blistering forges,
Can't you hear its cries?

Please world, do not cut away its wings
And hide them in your deepest dungeons,
They are slowly withering away.

Please world,
Do not let the worms eat away
What could've been your brightest diamond.