Butterfly

“ He’s nothing but a simple worm,

No beauty to behold,”

 Said the serpent to the owl,

Head puffed up quite bold.

 “What makes you think he’ll become,

 Anything of beauty?”

 “Just watch, you’ll see,” said the owl,

 “Then you won’t be so snooty.”

Suddenly, before their eyes,

 Metamorphosis took place.

Beauty from within appeared,

New life, the worm embraced.

 “True beauty comes from deep within,

 You looked upon the outside.”

With that, the serpent slithered away,

 To find…… a place to hide!

Within the heart of every man,

Lies beauty unrevealed,

Waiting patiently within,

For the Master's hand to heal.

Copyright © 2003 Marie Williams

Just one touch from the Master

causes man to cry out,

"Create in me a clean heart, O God;

and renew a right spirit within me"

 Psalm 51:10