Coal –
scum of the earth.
Burned in the hearth,
lent warmth, &
powered the world
with its labour.
Diamond –
precious stone.
Adorned women,
fuelled wars, &
consumed
the labour of others.
[I wrote this poem at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in America last year following the murder of George Floyd.]
An anthropologist among the journalists 
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Touching poetry, Vidya. Both your prose and poems are praiseworthy, but owing to recent changes with my mindset, the poems feel more personal over the other. Great work!
thanks for your kind words.