To All Wallflowers Including Me Poem by Chris Embrick

Some look for beauty from a distance
Examine flowers, petals bright
Compel the heart to shun resistance
Move closer for a better sight.

Some often leave the path well guarded
Wander too close with desires
'Till overcome, the soul bombarded
Fails to see the deadly briers.

Beauty oft is but collusion
Lust and love that slowly kills
Some flowers bloom in profusion
Unsightly, but have more to give.

Man over his heart has power
Oft lets sweet nectar go to waste
Turns blind eyes from coy wallflowers
Will not accept the slightest taste.

How wrong to leave the heartsick lonely
To miss the heart beneath the skin
The greatest beauty God has hidden
Not on the outside but within.