An Angel

Well, I asked for an angel

and it came streaming in,

bright and searing as molten glass

but cool, like crystal water.

I felt it fill me from the inside

(slowly, for my need was great)

It said, This is what you are,

this is what feeds you, this is

your comfort — this is how you know

you will always choose life,

always choose the vital, vibrant surge

that puts feet on mountaintops,

and gives them balance

in the brave curve of waves,

gives form and purpose

to wings riding updrafts

Nothing can take this away from you

or anyone else. Nothing can obscure

its presence. And the right angel

will come to everyone who has a need,

shining, from inside of them,

each one’s truth.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 28, 2015