Anger

Dear God

Today I failed Your test again.

I spoke angry words, I hurt someone's feelings.

In frustration, I escaped to my garden

and sat beneath a tree.

"Oh, tree," I whispered. "Do you ever get angry?"

I heard a rustle of leaves above me.

I saw a butterfly flit across the sky.

"Oh, butterfly," I whispered. "Do you ever get angry?"

It flew towards me and brushed its wings against my cheek.

If only they could both speak to me!

Oh Lord, will You teach me how to conquer

this loathsome enemy called Anger?

~ The Rambling Nonya ~