Butterflies

We start as caterpillars,
But slowly grow
Until one day
We are butterflies.
As I have watched you grow,
I have seen you
Turn into a fine person
And a beautiful young woman.

Author Unknown

Touched by a butterfly

Dear butterfly,
Majestic monarch of the sky,
holder of universal secrets and reasons why,
colour my canvas, touch my heart before I die,
to live in joy, teach me how never to say good-bye.
As you flutter by, you hear me sigh,
things missed because I forgot to try,
on your serene beauty I can rely,
oh what celestial magic you do supply.
Once you did struggle to be free,
you turned your life around to show me,
amazing my angel how you heard my plea,
you've cocooned my mind so I can see.
Lets fly together both as one,
and sore beyond time, once upon,
our silken wings God has spun,
Souls entwined, our infinite journey has just begun.

By Michael Levy

An Irish Blessing

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun.
And find your shoulder to light on.
To bring you luck, happiness and riches.
Today, tomorrow and beyond.

Author Unknown

A child is like a butterfly

A Child is like a butterfly in the wind
Some can fly higher than others,
but each one flies the best it can.
Why compare one against the other?

Author Unknown

Butterfly

When I'm feeling lonely and feeling blue
I will see a butterfly pass
and I'll be thinking of you.

Author Unknown

Our Butterfly

Fly little one.
Your journey has just begun.
The gates of heaven have opened
And you are one of the
Chosen ones.
Fly with all the butterflies
Our little Butterfly.

Author Unknown

Butterfly Child

Each one is different.
Each one is special. Each one is beautiful.

Author Unknown

Sunbeam

"A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam.
And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world.
But then it flies on again,
and though we wish it could have stayed,
we feel so lucky to have seen it."

Author Unknown

I Am Always With You

When I am gone, release me, let me go.
I have so many things to see and do,
You mustn't tie yourself to me with too many tears,
But be thankful we had so many good years.

I gave you my love, and you can only guess
How much you've given me in happiness.
I thank you for the love that you have shown,
But now it is time I traveled on alone.

So grieve for me a while, if grieve you must
Then let your grief be comforted by trust
That it is only for a while that we must part,
So treasure the memories within your heart.

I won't be far away for life goes on.
And if you need me, call and I will come.
Though you can't see or touch me, I will be near
And if you listen with your heart, you'll hear
All my love around you soft and clear.

And then, when you come this way alone,
I'll greet you with a smile and a 'Welcome Home'.

As you release this butterfly in honor of me,
know that I'm with you and will always be.

Hold a hand, say a prayer,
close your eyes and see me there.

Although you may feel a bit torn apart,
please know that I'll be forever in your heart.

Now fly away butterfly as high as you can go,
I'm right there with you more than you know.

By Jill Haley

I am not there

Do not stand by my grave and weep.
For I am not there.

I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am diamonds that glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning hush.
I am the swift uplifting rush of butterflies in joyous flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there.
I did not die.

Author Unknown

Butterfly Wings

Like a butterfly emerges
And unfolds its graceful wings,
A child grows and develops
With the love a mother brings.
I'm thankful for the times
When you encouraged me to try,
For god gave me my wings,
But mom you taught me how to fly.

By Robin Fogle

Wings

You have given me wings with which to fly
Now I breather in deep and spread them wide
As we lift off from the silent petal
Into the wind where the butterflies glide.

Author Unknown

While Waiting for Thee

Don't weep at my grave, for I am not there,
I've a date with a butterfly to dance in the air
I'll be singing in the sunshine, wild and free,
Playing tag with the wind, while I'm waiting for thee.

We are as the wings of a butterfly, bound together with the love of God

Author Unknown

New Beginnings - A Flight in the Sun

That first bright step into the sunshine of life
begins with the opening of the family cocoon.
The caterpillar becomes a butterfly
spreading her wings into the world.

What she is today is but a tiny mirror.
Of the transformation that is yet to come.
For with time, love, humor and warmth
She is an ever changing masterpiece.

Whether as wife, mother, career woman or all,
she will find her centre of peace.
A place that is hers and hers alone,
the essence of what she is and will be.

Using the instincts that each of us have
to find the good in each other.
To be a caring friend, lover, helper and playmate,
To listen and share, to laugh and to cry.

With loving support of family and friends,
she takes flight down an unknown road towards her future,
like the rising of the sun in the east
Each day filled with new beginnings.

Finding excitement and challenge at each new turn.
Her flight through life filled with many happy adventures
And memories to put in her book of life,
As the sun moves along that steady path across the sky.

When the sun at last begins to set in the west
And her flight nears its end, she can look back along her path
And know that she has been everything she can be
And has done her very best

By Linda Dietz