conversation with a butterfly.

yesterday a butterfly
came floating gently through the sky.
she soared up through the atmosphere,
then drifted close enough to hear.

i said, "i'd love to fly with you
and sail around the way you do.
it looks like it would be so fun
to fly up towards the summer sun.

but i have not your graceful charm,
i haven't wings, just these two arms.
i've been designed to walk around.
my human feet must touch the ground."

then magically she spoke to me
and told me what her wish would be.

she said, "what i'd love most to do
is walk upon God's earth with you,
to squish its sand between my toes,
or touch my finger to my nose.

i'd love just once to walk around
with human feet to touch the ground,
but i have not two legs that swing,
i haven't arms, just these two wings."

and so we went our separate ways
in wonder and in surprise.
for we'd both seen God's precious gifts
through someone else's eyes.