Ugly Duckling
I ruffled up my feathers,
And I looked at the stars,
Shining with their bowing heads,
As they brought bundles of wheat,
Supplying me with barley for
My 40-day journey along the
Mountains
And the ducklings in their fine cloth,
Noticed my rainbow coat,
How it shined as brightly as the stars,
And they threw my down the well
As they cast lots on every shade of
The rainbow the coat had promised
An an angel had stilled the hands of
Abraham as he held a flint knife,
And with a kiss, I was bought
With 30 silver coins, being
Sold to the Ishmaelites to
Egypt
And Potiphar's wife had decided
To smoothen her chapped lips with
Sweet honey, and she kissed me
On the cheek as I went away from
The Garden of Gethsemane, put
On the scaffold with Barabbas
As I bore the red brand, searing me
As it shined brighter than
Betelgeuse
And the rainbow coat remained,
Reminding me from the window
Of the promise I remembered wearing,
And with its wings, it covered me,
Flying me to a distant land as it
Supplied me with bread and wine,
And my ruffled feathers became straightened
And I was taught how to fly
Like an angel in its fiery glory,
And like a duck, I learned how to swim,
Walking on the water as I would
Approach Jesus with caution
And Jesus would grab me by the
Arm, leading me as a bride
While I had been washed with a
Radiant white that created a
Rainbow in the sky,
And the ducks in their fine linen
Noticed how bright the rainbow
Lit up the sky, and they noticed
How I danced gracefully as a swan
And they realized their hunger for wheat
And in the fields the wheat had been harvested
Supplying them for their journey,
And the Israelites found the
Land of milk and honey,
And they noticed the gold that
Made Jerusalem rich in its supply,
And they traveled on donkeys,
Shouting "Hosanna!" as
The olive branches led them to
A land with a rainbow as a road