Treasure - Diane Scantlebury

If I were a treasure
You found on the beach
You would toss me
Into the sea
You would not recognize
That I was not like the other pebbles
And that you should
Cherish me
You would never see
My value
You would never know
My worth
You would think that pebbles
Are all the same
To be scattered on the earth
One day you will
Regret your loss
And long for the treasure
Which in the sea
You tossed
Your heart will miss
Its light that shone
Too late
Your treasure
Will be gone!

Diane Scantlebury