Know The One Inside

While you stand and stare at me
To size me up, the future to decide
Stave your doubts I implore humbly
Until, with these words to you, I confide
I am just one in the drift of humanity
To the standards to which you subscribe
But you will never be aware of my quality
Until you know the one inside

What right have you to condescend
With such peripheral and limited sight
To gauge me on a scale of 1 to 10
To judge me a joker or white knight
Is it the package or the contents, my friend
That will fill those lonely nights
Tis your search for the ideal, I contend
That has lead to your sorry plight

Please give time for the flower to bloom
And it's fragrance will grow more sweet
Be in the light and not in darkness loom
With those kindred souls you meet
From a package unopened you cannot assume
What is inside will be a treat
From the day of your birth to your eventual tomb
Will your search for love be complete?

Know the one inside, I say, know the one inside
For shallow you are if your only regard
Is to have your trophy by your side
Know the one inside, I plead, know the one inside
For the years they pass and beauty does fade
No more jealous sighs as you promenade
Lost forever are the dreams you made
If you know not, the one inside