THE -  MONARCH - BUTTERFLY  -

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WRITTEN    26 : 1 : 2013

I did not always get to look this way - Majestic - with wings 
Like golden gossamer - when in full display - an object of 
Perfection - that can lift above the realms of man - into the 
Heavenlies -and cross a continent - to warmer climes -
To reach the sun .
Once - I was just a larvae - caterpillar - known to some - who
Fed upon the milkweed plant - believing this is all the world 
I'd ever know  - with no knowledge then of what it is - I 
Could - and would become .
Attractive then - as some would say - with stripey cloak 
That wrapped around me as a glove - that while encased -
I had no thought of heights - or sky above .
To eat and grow - therein - my small life seemed content - but 
Somehow changes were beginning - that were moving me -
To bend and grow - as from my mouth - a silken thread 
Began to flow - and cocooned within this prison wall I stayed - 
Until - the time was right - for me to pierce this captive shawl -
And emerge into the world of light - and take my bow -
This metamophasised - transfiguration now - as
Seen by all

But - is this Me ? - this Glorious creature - that has 
Risen from the confines of captivity - and 
What are these ?  - like angels wings of golden 
Sunlight - laced with black - that have miraculously 
Appeared - upon my back ?
I feel a tingle now - as these appendages release me 
From the earth - into the clear blue sky - no longer 
Bound to earth's confines - but Free - Re-Born  as 
Something Heaven-bound- and Beautiful  for 
All with hearts and eyes to see -

I am indeed
 
The Sovereign of the air -

The Monarch Butterfly .

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the monarch butterfly is so named because it truly is the 
most beautiful of all the butterflies ..The king of them all .

the changes that the butterfly has to go through , from larvae
to becoming a glorious butterfly remind me of the Spiritual 
transformation that takes place when we surrender our hearts
and lives to the Lord ..and become Born- again .

John 3 verses 5 - 8 speak of this . 

God bless you .

in His love Stella x



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