Butterfly Children

Among the roots of the giant trees

if you will look with eyes that see

among the litter of the forest floor

you will find the unexpected and so much more.

There's magic that is carried by the wind and the birds

the power of thousands can be silently heard

because beneath the canopy that touches the sky

are the children of the Magic Butterfly.

The Butterfly Children, often friends with the fairies

flap their wings in the breeze and the magic carries

cross the fallen limbs of the trees of old

pass the valleys and mountains, icy streams so cold.

While they know no different, in fairy chapels they play

their flapping turns the earth from night into day

and though of their magic they are unaware

their gift turns the world with a wing and a prayer.