Buried deep underneath the rocks and dirt

  A prize lay dormant until the time comes

  An oasis hiding in the desert

  A diamond hidden away in the slums

  Waiting for one's grasp, a sword in a stone

  Seen in the world, thought only as common

  Seen as cliché, something old and shown

  Existing and then to be forgotten

  We may not recognize it here and now

  Searching for the treasure found in a book

  A valuable most will disavow

  A talent people tend to over look

  A preciousness held that has no measure

  That highly sought out unfounded treasure

  Many stumble on it, but walk away

  Most would steal it and suffer through shame

  Many question it, only to delay

  Most would use it, exclusively for fame

  Some search their entire life to the end

  Most toss it aside finding the thought droll

  Some take through betrayal, ending condemned

  Most destroy others, seeking out control

  Few sieve through the sands of the hourglass

  Most see the surface if to the illusion

  Few see past what has been deemed underclass

  Most get lost on the route in confusion

  All who search will find a destination

  All will be found through determination

  Living not noticed, passed by every day

  Seem for only what the people see

  Acted upon from the words people say

  Ignoring the vast possibility

  Instance indulgence, refusing to wait

  Fools rush in where the angels fear to tread

  Caring for the gold that it can inflate

  Yet in the end, poverty is the dread

  When the shine dulls, it will be tossed aside

  One that is deemed no longer of good use

  Left alone, true worth unidentified

  Abandoned, left to live as a recluse

  Now only seen as decrepit and old

  Waiting to tell the tale that's left untold

  We must dig past our rubble of doubt

  Move past the entrance where the walls crumble

  Avoiding the traps laid across our route

  Steady footing, trying not to stumble

  Pass the tests that force us to show our strength

  Create the influence sharing smiles

  Show you are willing to go to any length

  Advancing beyond life's given trials

  Into the heart, where one of a kind sits

  Laying within one's own reality

  Obtained only through a life one admits

  Looking past others immorality

  Searching within, those of patience will find

  The treasure we seek, our own peace of mind