Glenda Benefield!!
CONGRATULATIONS, GLENDA!
To Be
by Glenda Benefield
A starfish and a butterfly chanced a meeting on the shore.
They eyed each other curiously as they never met before,
Like creatures of two different worlds, no likeness could they see,
But crossing paths by happenstance -- perhaps was meant to be.
Said the starfish in a voice forlorn, "Just look how you can fly!
Without a care to hold you down as you waft about the sky.
If I could only ride the wind into those realms unknown,
I catch a breeze and drift away -- so far from home!"
"But, sir," the butterfly replied, "I've often wondered so,
What lies beneath that water's edge as deep as one could go.
I'd let the waves drench over me and delve the ocean blue.
I can't imagine what I'd see if I could just be you!"
They reasoned back and forth some more, preferring one another;
The only thing they knew to do was try to be each other.
So the starfish pushed with all his might …. but never left the sand,
And the butterfly touched on the sea …. just to wash ashore again.
They sat in silence for a time with nothing left to say;
No longer wishing they could change but glad they'd met that day.
Then the butterfly stretched forth her wings, content with thought of flight,
And the starfish flexed his spiny arms, waiting proudly for the tide.
Congratulations Glenda! Wonderful poem!
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