Curtain Wall

The rusty outer coating,
and the green,
mossed-over patina,
of the long forgotten shard
hides the brilliance
and innate strength
of the real metal beneath

The brilliant shine and
luminuous sheen
disguises and masks
the rotten creeping
rubber fractures
that give way
to the weak joints
and underlay

Yours is the lesson
I've learned so far...
value lies not
on what is plainly visible
but
on what is innately
intangible

Yours is a true
luminosity
radiating brilliantly
over the sky,
whose true value
is lost to those
meandering
in the direction
of your reflections...

How lucky are those
who see through to
each inner base
and damned are the
countless
who are lost
in the layers
not knowing
what truly matters