What Angels Say

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What Angels Say

Many angels, many angels in this world,
Yet so few aware,
Angels that speak to an ear
And ears that will not hear
Angels that try to reach a soul
Souls that have grown cold

They say people, what have you done
children are crying and dying
hungry and alone

People, what did you do?
You killed your brother,
Yet you say, he's the fool.
Don't you know, killing each other, doesn't make you right
And you can't win Gods love, by how well you fight.

And I asked an Angel, why does God let us all die?

This is what he told me...
If God stepped in and saved all the world,
from war and death and hunger and disease and poverty
and hatred and mental illness and birth defects and
natural disasters and pestilence and every other heart breaking, painful strife on this planet,
Mankind would grow even more cold and unconcerned. The compassion for life and each other would grow empty.
As it is, we are already so self-absorbed that babies are dying from starvation while we worry about the price of gas for our SUV's, while eating a 60 dollar meal in our million dollar homes.
So some family member dies from an incurable disease and our pain and loss gives us the compassion to find a cure.
People are empty until they are filled with pain, and then it begins,
for, in the beginning there was darkness and God said let there be light...all light comes from darkness...

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laydbak1 commented on What Angels Say

07-05-2009

This is a very gripping piece to shed light, or what all the darkness means... As is said, every rose has it's thorns... How would we really know that love is great, if it were not for knowing how bad it feels to not have it...??? A nice piece of writing...

ginga commented on What Angels Say

06-25-2009

BP you have laid it all out here for all to read. It may not be what peopple want to hear but have to. I liked the emphatic in your face way I read this. You might like my poem "Is it What it Seems," a bit like this kinda pre-armageddon. Ginga

BluesPreacher

06/28/2009

I think that the common perceptions of Angels have been greatly distorted. Partly why I wrote this, the other part is more than obvious. Thank you for your comment

TREVON commented on What Angels Say

06-22-2009

Yes; I hear you and I feel your words as they reach out to a world that for the most part can't hear you, but I do. Great piece. I like the rhythm, the commentary, brought home the heart of this poem. Trevon

BluesPreacher

06/28/2009

Thanks Tevon. Breaking it up from poetry to commentary was kind of experimental. I wondered how it would be received.

Toyotaguy commented on What Angels Say

03-05-2009

So much light comes from within the darkness the we are often blinded. Thank you for your poem, it stood out to me.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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