"Butterfly Kisses"

Soul Of A Child

The soul of a child is the loveliest flower
That grows in the garden of God.
It climbs from weakness to knowledge & power,
To the sky from the clay and the clod.

To beauty and sweetness it grows under care;
Neglected 'tis ragged and wild.
It's a plant that is tender and wondrously rare,
The sweet wistful soul of a child.

Be tender, O gardener, and give it its share
Of moisture, of warmth and of light,
And let it not lack for painstaking care
To protect it from frost and the blight.

A glad day'll come when it's bloom shall unfold,
It will seem that an angel has smiled.
Reflecting a beauty and sweetness untold
In the sensitive soul of a child.


~ author unknown ~