Missing the poetry gene

Poetry intimidates me. It seems like there are no real rules, and for an engineer, that is anathema. Poetry is flowery language used to tangentially get a point across, written words that seem to trip my tongue rather than roll off. You must get extra points if the meaning is hidden in obscure references, leaving me to wonder what the real message is. I can often catch the scent of deep emotions, or profound truths, but the poem structure blows it away like a stiff breeze. I suppose if I do a forensic study, the poems will yield their story, but is it worth it? Whenever one of the Prose challenges requires a poem, I just try to make the words rhyme, and hope for grace from my readers. I guess when God was handing out poetry genes, I thought He said "poetry germs," so I said "Inoculate me instead."