*I don't own Jane and the Dragon or its Characters

Another Gunther poem fic that I based off a real life experience of mine. I don't know why I find it appropriate to use Gunther as a way to vent these verses but I think I can relate to him most when it comes to disappointments and unrequited love. Hope you enjoy and thanks to Amelle Kyre for the encouragement and to all the others who still love the Gunther and the rest of the Jatd crew.

I was the boy who wished for too much

Who thought pretty stones would grab me some joy

Who thought love had a price

Or that inconsiderate words would earn me a dream

Perhaps if I picked up the roughed up stone and gave it a discerning glance I would have saw the real worth within

But I threw it back with the others in search for greater

It was wrong

I made a mistake

If I wasn't so foolish I would have saw the jade which you really are

Maybe if you saw past the angry blinds you would have saw the honesty in certain sentiments

Or if that fork in the road was more then just directions to nowhere

If shades of green or of blue were of less importance then you might see the true beauty of a bloody scarlet or the darkness night of a raven

Can it really be called selfish to wish for pearls if I am a pig?

Or to wish for light if I'm stuck in the deep abyss of nightmare clouds?

Yes, it's too much

If I walk down that forked road who will give me the direction to the right path?

Not you, for you'll be too busy in the company of diamonds while this coal has a long road to travel before it's worth that sparkle

Before it's worth the title of a diamond in your eyes

Though I'll always have that slight imperfection that lowers my value.

If you could look past that, then maybe I could live with it too

But you hold the scales in your hands and I'm afraid my weight will never match your expectation.

And I'm afraid I'll never be that diamond which you truly deserve

What right does pearls before swine serve anyway?

None, for that's where I belong

And I'll stay there until I'm picked up

Until I'm buffed to a good shine

Until I can catch up

Until I match that price of your heart

But you have to turn back to pick me up first

That way I'll know which way to go down that forked road

To find that nowhere is actually the somewhere to your life

And to see that dreams do exist in the oddest of places

And gain back the comfort of a forgotten yesterday

Because wherever you are is where I want to be no matter the cost

Even if I'm ground to a powdery dust

As long as I'm useful that all I could ask for

Even as an adornment I'll allow myself to be worn

It would only cost you forgiveness

And it would only cost me humility

So let's meet at that forked road and search for the real worth in Jade's and of coals

However you have to look back

Since I'm still on the ground where you left me

And I'll be there when you return

And I hope you don't forget

Because I'll forget if you don't remember

I'll be the boy who wished for too much

The one who didn't work hard enough for a dream

Which was there before him the whole time

Not because I didn't see it, but because I didn't want to see it

For you are worth more then I can afford

If I place all the odds on you, would you be in my favor?

Could I outbid the demands?

Maybe, perhaps, I do not know

Since all I'll amount to is nothing but eroding to sand

And a daydream of a hope

In nowhere but the place I belong

A place called a dream that lies while truth is only up ahead

Where my feelings transcend fault

Until we both find a reality we can live with

A place just for us

However, that place only exists in a dream

A dream which would never come true