When I'm with you <br />It's as if you take <br />my heart <br />and cup it in your hands <br />like a newly emerged butterfly <br /> <br />You hold it <br />safe and warm <br />protected <br />with a touch <br />that's secure <br />yet gentle <br /> <br />With knowing <br />and wonder <br />my fragile self <br />opens <br /> <br />to the beckoning breeze <br />to widening horizons <br />and exploration. <br /> <br />November 18,1993<br /><br />Carol Fleming Klein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/emerging-butterfly-2/