Tag Archives: angels

Angel Beckons

What angel beckons me this night By gentle, warming firelight? That I might follow Yes I might For such a wondrous sight The angels weeping I can hear This sound so pitiful and clear Could I give solace Hold them … Continue reading

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Lost Seraphim

Up in the stratosphere I see you dance Lost seraphim so little understood Lumbering silent though the aching sky Once heralded as gods of circumstance Offering pain or offering good Till they stopped believing by and by If you stray … Continue reading

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Paradise Lost

When you fell my little one you knew What you had lost A moment too late is still too late And wings won’t raise you up Above your choices You glide safe down To where you may yet land Survey … Continue reading

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Church

In the church we waited So alone Heaven cracking Like an eggshell over rough hewn stone Doves of peace plummet Into the dusty air We waited in our faith And deep despair In the church we prayed Hopeless fools Angels … Continue reading

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Feathered

Such feathered things The winged sings This ancient wisdom and All it brings To cut the skies And claim the prize To give it all Without surprise A birdlike grace And sentient face The angels fall To be replaced Such … Continue reading

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Requiem

Sweet eyelids shut Weep no more Breathe your last No moment more Softly raise now On angel’s wing Hear the very Heavens sing Light your passage Find your way Be where only True hearts stray Sleep so soft In Heaven’s … Continue reading

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Water

You came to the water To look deep within The endless dark water To seek and to swim You dove in the rapids To ferry you forth In thrall to the tidelines Of limitless worth You came to the water … Continue reading

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Miracles

You ask for miracles My cupboard’s bare There are no angels left Just hiding there And God has left us here To our despair To our despair You plead for holy grace To light your way I’ve only platitudes And dull … Continue reading

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The Dragon and the Wolf

You hunt within these hemispheres Whirling in the gyre I call to you as energy I’m drowning in your fire My dragon wrap your wings around My trembling body still I’ll be the wolf upon the plain Just waiting on … Continue reading

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Flowers of the Moon

My child we know the truth too soon These fragile flowers of the moon May only by the night-time bloom Within your sacred, cherished room By day the garish light of sun Will hide their beauty, every one And all … Continue reading

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