BUTTERFLY BEAUTIFUL --read only if you've ever been, or ever had, a child

'' BUTTERFLY BEAUTIFUL '' COPYRIGHT 2007,  Lonnie Ray Fowler--inspired by my  6 yr old Grand-daughter, Dakota Le'Ann Petty ......

On the night of August 31st, 2007; when she was  5 yrs old,; Dakota came to our bed, carrying a small, but beautiful, Pegasus---resplendent ,  with sparkling, multi-colored wings. She had made up a name for it. She called it : BUTTERFLY BEAUTIFUL . With such majestic beauty in the poetry of  those words--- I heard much more than a name given by a child, to a creature of plastic and silk.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE THE MOST PERFECT LITTLE GIRL---SO GOD SENT ''YOU'' TO ME.

BUT BEFORE HE DID, HE ASKED : ''WELL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE HER TO BE?'' AND I SAID---

MAKE HER BUTTERFLY BEAUTIFUL, CHERRY PIE SWEET,

ANGEL-WING INNOCENT, AND PONY-TAIL PETITE.

MAKE HER SCRIPTURE-BOOK HONEST, RIVER BROOK PURE;

PUPPY-DOG PLAYFUL, YET 'BEYOND-HER-YEARS' MATURE.

MAKE HER MIGHTY-OAK STRONG; LOOK-BEFORE-YOU-LEAP WISE.

IN HER HEART, PUT A SONG. AND A GLOW, PUT IN HER EYES.

MAKE HER BOW-THE-KNEE HUMBLE--- YET 'LOOK-AT-ME' PROUD!

MAKE HER A SILVER-LINING FINDER, WHEN LIFE SENDS HER A CLOUD.

MAKE HER FAIRY-TALE HAPPY. MAKE HER SPIRIT, FULL OF LOVE---

THEN PUT A TWINKLE IN HER SMILE AND SEND HER GENTLY FROM ABOVE.

THEN GOD SENT YOU DOWN FROM HEAVEN, LIKE A FATHER, DUTIFUL;

AND SAID, '' AIN'T SHE JUST WHAT YOU WANTED---

AIN'T SHE BUTTERFLY BEAUTIFUL ?'

YES, GOD---SHE'S JUST WHAT I WANTED. SHE'S BUTTERFLY BEAUTIFUL.''

copyright 2007, Lonnie Ray Fowler