Butterfly
I sit and watch a butterfly
Flying along the summer breeze
And my mind drifts back to my childhood
To the first secret pet I ever had
For my mother never knew
About the pet I kept in my room
If she had she would have had a fit
Because my pet was a lot like me
And she would not understand
So I kept my pet caterpillar secret
And talked to him everyday
Until one day he built his cocoon
And shut me out just like everyone else
But I kept him despite the change
Because he was considered ugly
Just like me
And I needed someone just like me
Even though I could no longer see him
Just having him there made me feel better
It was almost as if we belonged together
Two ugly creatures against the world
I told him that someday
We would show the world all our beauty
And that someday soon came
As I watched my once ugly pet
Emerge from his cocoon
To display his true beauty to the world
And as he slowly spread his wings to fly
I knew that he had become a thing of beauty
Something that destiny would always deny me
And as he took flight he took with him all my hope
Of ever being considered a thing of beauty
Or even being accepted as a human being
Until one day I found an Angel
Who thought my soul was beautiful
And she gave me hope
That I might have been wrong all along
That I was in fact beautiful in my own way
I just didn't have the wings to show it
I sit and watch a butterfly
Flying along the summer breeze
And my mind drifts back to my childhood
To the first secret pet I ever had
For my mother never knew
About the pet I kept in my room
If she had she would have had a fit
Because my pet was a lot like me
And she would not understand
So I kept my pet caterpillar secret
And talked to him everyday
Until one day he built his cocoon
And shut me out just like everyone else
But I kept him despite the change
Because he was considered ugly
Just like me
And I needed someone just like me
Even though I could no longer see him
Just having him there made me feel better
It was almost as if we belonged together
Two ugly creatures against the world
I told him that someday
We would show the world all our beauty
And that someday soon came
As I watched my once ugly pet
Emerge from his cocoon
To display his true beauty to the world
And as he slowly spread his wings to fly
I knew that he had become a thing of beauty
Something that destiny would always deny me
And as he took flight he took with him all my hope
Of ever being considered a thing of beauty
Or even being accepted as a human being
Until one day I found an Angel
Who thought my soul was beautiful
And she gave me hope
That I might have been wrong all along
That I was in fact beautiful in my own way
I just didn't have the wings to show it