"Precious Gifts"

-Author Unknown  

   

Yesterday a butterfly 

Came floating gently through the sky. 

He 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 such fun 

To fly up toward 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 he spoke to me 

and told me what his wish would be. 

He said, "What I'd love most to do 

Is walk upon God's Earth with you, 

To squish its mud 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 surprise. 

For we'd both seen God's precious gifts 

Through someone else's eyes.