[JustAmy]

4-1-04
Graphic by MamaBear

Butterfly

What’s in those flowers that you sip,
That makes you seem so tipsy?
We can’t tell if you’re coming from,
Albany or Poughkeepsie,

Or even if you’re going to,
One place or the other.
The way you travel seems to be,
You’re looking for your mother!

Just as a toddler wanders round,
With no fixed course in sight,
The butterfly flits both here and yon,
In most erratic flight.

It seems so inefficient,
Why can’t you just hold still?
And then you stop, and fold your wings,
Upon a daffodil.

You daintily step forward,
“I haven’t touched a drop!”
And just as sober as a Judge,
You spread your wings and FLOP!

And Flip, and Flap, and bounce.
A goonie in reverse.
How can you be so comical?
I know you don’t rehearse.

And yet you get where you must go,
God knows how you can do it.
Perhaps the use of folded hands,
And faith just leads you to it.

By NicknamedBob . . . . March 30, 2004
© 2004

[JustAmy]

Thank you for the beautiful butterfly poem.

We appreciate your talent!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

*chuckle* Nice Poem and graphic.

[Billie]

Oh, this is beautiful! I love the butterfly poem, Bob, and the graphic to illustrate it is exquisite!

[GailA]

Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days.

Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day. He inquired of God. "Where have you been?"

God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael. Look what I've made."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is that?"

"It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put life on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance."

"Balance?" Inquired Michael, still puzzled.

God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, "For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth but cold and harsh, while southern Europe is going to be poor but sunny and pleasant. I have made some lands abundant in water and other lands parched deserts. This one will be extremely hot and dry while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."

The Archangel, impressed by the Creator's work, then pointed to a land mass and said, "What's that one?"

"Ah," said God. "that's Tennessee-the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful mountains, streams, rivers, hills, and forests. The people from Tennessee are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent and humorous, and they are going to be found traveling the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace."

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then asked, "What about the balance You spoke of, my Lord? You said there would be balance!"

God replied wisely, "Wait until you see the idiots I put in charge of Memphis."

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