What Beauty Better?

What beauty is there better than a flower?
What can compare in glory to a rose?
Can any beauty borne from bridal bower
attempt to best the honeysuckle's clothes?
'Tis better to gaze at sunflowers than the sun,
the marigold is merrier than the moon,
the bluebell's blue is not to be outdone,
the redbud's red is redder than maroon.
Truth tells there's warmer beauty from a smile,
we witness deeper beauty in a dove,
there's lucious beauty on the Emerald Isle,
and what can match the beauty born of love?
But when it's just our viewing beauty's power,
bet there's no better beauty than a flower.

-- by Pete Voelz       2003