Innocence and beauty arouse envy
in few, wonder in others, raw disdain
in the rest. Kindness is held by many
in high esteem while some think it arcane.  
Truth and honesty are not quite the same.

Courage can only show itself in fear;
Desperate times reveal all that is dear.
Virtues like winter snow soften and thaw.
Perfection and purity disappear
to usher a hidden character flaw.