Avoiding Thorns

How easy
for some
to quash
the very lesson…

The "what of" question.

Yes,
the heart knows regret.
Yes,
the heart knows mistakes.
Yes,
the heart can be vengeful.

But…

Would that we could cut loose
wounds of the past,
know that love abhors object seduction,
awaits the simple hint of innocence
borne of self-love making honorable
the shared purity of enamored prescience.

So many seeking.

So many without compass
trekking their emotional path
through gardens of disillusionment,
not knowing their avoidance of love’s roses
destroys many thorn-enhanced messages,
the would-be hurts that awaken consciousness,
mind's nexus to the heart,
where reason awaits acceptance,
if only to help guide one through
the next thorn-laden lesson.