underside

isn’t it true

that the most beautiful part of something

(or someone)

often lies 

beneath

the showy surface

and were it not

for autumn’s wind

and a “letting go”

might never 

be seen

at all

"She had blue skin,

And so did he,

He kept it hid

And so did she.

They searched for blue

Their whole life through,

Then passed right by-

And never knew."

     -Everything On It by Shel Silverstein