LESSONS FROM A BUTTERFLY

As I was walking through the forest green

By chance I came across the strangest scene.

Two caterpillars talked of taking flight

Yet absent wings revealed their awful plight.

Twas then I saw them climb a large oak tree

Two leaves became their hope for liberty

They fanned the leaves to soar the azure sky

But gravitation almost bid them die.

Just then by chance they saw a butterfly

Who said that just like him they too could fly

But they must choose the path that leads to death

For freedom’s birth comes through a chrysalis.

At first the cost was far too much to bear

The path from death to life did not seem fair

Yet crawling on the ground was not the way

And so they yielded to its “call” that day.

In time, their tomb revealed a miracle

The caterpillar’s crypt gave way to wings

And there above the trees I saw them fly

While lifting praise to Him Who dwells on high.

Just then God’s Voice spoke clearly to my heart

“True freedom comes to those He sets apart!”

So when my yielded will gave Him control

His metamorphic work released my soul.

Now grace bids me to fly and gives me wings

To soar above the lure of earthly things

And share the News from Him Who reigns above

So those enslaved can also find God’s love.

--B. Pent