A sunbeam traveled down a cloud <br />And dropped upon a bell <br />Suspended from a church tower- <br />And at it's ringing, fell <br /> <br />Upon a lady's fancy hat; <br />It trembled on a flower <br />Then chased a yellow butterfly <br />And wandered for an hour. <br /> <br />At last it settled in a drop <br />Of dew, upon the grass <br />And there it waited, napping <br />Till a new day came to pass. <br /> <br />It spied a baby on a swing <br />And landed in it's eye <br />It hung there very quietly <br />Till the child began to cry- <br /> <br />A mama came to gather close <br />Her offspring, and depart <br />And that is how a rainbow <br />Comes to live in Mother's heart.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-mother-s-heart-4/
