Gabriel

I saw the angel Gabriel today,

bright like fountain water,

clear as the quench of thirst,

soft as redemption

I remembered 

(for Gabriel has come to me before)

how sure it is that afterwards

the promise of the moment

exquisitely unfolds

So, too, this time, in my sweet family,

let it be so —

let that pure presence

permeate us wholly,

let us be filled

and let us be delivered

to our promised native harmony.

©Wendy Mulhern

December 11, 2017