Sweet Butterfly

There are people that when you meet them for the first time, are not actually new. As you shake their hand, learn their name, you study their smile, their eyes and recognize them from many lives before. You see them as who they are no matter what life has dressed them in this time around. Without words even, there is a sense of understanding, and acceptance, and love. Happy birthday to one of those people in my life.

Sweet Butterfly

Sweet Butterfly,
how mezmerizing your dance.
Only you know
the intent of your heart.
Only you know
the destination of your dizzying path.

To the careless eye
your flutter appears confused
when in fact
you are responding
to each breath of joy
each whisper of your dreams.

You ride the gusty winds
of your passions
so that your journey
has many tales to tell.

The secret to your beauty
is your steadfast determination
which is never betrayed
by the grace
of your life's constant dance.

SLM 01/23/2011