Rocks and minerals

Rocks are both strong and weak.

Diamond may cut gypsum -- but can also be shattered.

Rocks may remain the same, or may change.

Crystals can range from transparent to opaque.
Rubies can have many facets, yet only one center.
Shells can be polished, carven, or tumbled.

Rocks may have flaws.

Flaws in quartz create semi-precious gemstones.
Impurities in chrysoberyl are transmuted by the
chemical bonding and the character of light to
form multi-colored, mutable-colored alexandrite.

Rock is. I am. We are.

Just for today I will be vulnerable with someone I trust.