The wings of a monarch butterfly
vibrant, quiet, weak
silence every poet
outshine every King
Fire in the beetle, wisdom in the ant
have you ever stopped to marvel
at one leaf of a plant?
One leaf of a plant
don't bother with the whole
in a leaf and one leaf only
is more wisdom than the world.
From Eternity the Father
commanded it to grow
a brief and endless wonder
a delight He wants to show
So many leaves of glory
and our darkened eyes walk past
dull to all the wonder
unmoved by God at last.
