Chapter Two

The Lord Almighty refines me like silver and tests me like gold.
Zechariah 13:9

Twenty-Five Years in a Cocoon

I was the sweetest little caterpillar you ever did see,
A’dancin’ and a’singin’, filled with love and joy and glee.

What happened, Baby?

I spent twenty-five years in a cocoon.
Oh, God, I thought I was doomed.

Will I never see the sun again?
Never be able to run again?

Twenty-five years in a cocoon.

I was the cutest, fuzzy caterpillar you ever did see.
Fell in love with an eagle who carried me over the sea.

So what happened?

I spent twenty-five years in a cocoon.
Lordy, I thought I was ruined!

Will I never sing and dance again?
Never know romance again?

Twenty-five years in a cocoon.

I was the saddest, sorriest caterpillar you ever did see.
When my eagle saw I couldn’t fly, I thought he’d eat me!

That’s scary, Baby! How’d you save yourself?

I spent twenty-five years in a cocoon.
Never imagined I would bloom.

But here I am a free butterfly.
With the moon and stars I live in the sky

After twenty-five years in a cocoon.

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