A Closer Look

The good and bad in all of us

Have you ever saw a rose 

With it's beauty on display

It's petals softly beckoning

To all who pass their way

But hidden on it's stem

That the petal's smile adorns

Is nature's own deceptions

That hides it's tiny thorns

One mistake is all it takes

For the thorns to cause us pain

But its beauty draws us closer

With magic we can't explain

Sometimes we see the beauty

For it's what we want to see

A closer look abandoned

That brings uncertainty

So take a closer look

And lessen your mistakes

There's good and bad in all of us

And this is all it takes