Release

I wish I were          

a butterfly with a brief life of beauty.

I wish I were

a cloud floating in an endless sky.

I wish I were

a tree standing tall and strong.

I wish I were

Flower of great color and fragrance.

I wish I were

a lush lawn of grass keeping the parched earth cooled.

I wish I were

a great ocean rolling into never never land.

I wish I were

an enormous mountain reaching into the wild blue yonder.

But I am not any of these things.

I am a lowly human with deficits, weaknesses and trying times.

But I am also God's child and He is my loving Father.

I have no need to be anything more.