Name: Butterfly
Duration: P00H04M10S
Description: A reflection on the fragility of life.

Butterfly

from Short Stories by Bett Butler

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A reflection on the fragility of life.

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She was always so good
but life threw her a curve
Seems like folks never really get what they deserve

Do you know what it’s like?
Have you walked in her shoes?
When you start with so much, it’s so much harder to lose

But what can we do but stand helplessly by
And watch as she turns into a butterfly

We can stand by her side
or we can hope from afar
afraid she’ll remind us how fragile we are

No miracle cures
No easy answers
Between hope and frustration, she battles and dances

But she keeps her chin up, she holds her head high
And we watch as she turns into a butterfly

Life goes on somehow, somewhere
Her memory is strong even if she’s not there

Little by little
She’s obscured from our eyes
A shell, spun and silken, becomes her disguise

It will crumble to dust
with the passage of time
In a bright burst of color, she leaves it behind

On an uncharted course through infinite sky
She sails with the wings of a butterfly

Life goes on somehow, somewhere
Her memory is strong even if she’s not there

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from Short Stories, released September 1, 2000

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Bett Butler Texas

Songwriter, piano player, storyteller.

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