(For Newtown Connecticut)
angels leaving,
assignment complete,
drain the skies of blue,
the trees of green
just a little
as their wings fill--
they lift off.
what assignment,
over whom did they
keep their vigil?
Lightweighted silence,
the only evidence
of their presence.
by the power of their love,
they lift the leaden sorrow,
the molten anger,
words said and
those omitted.
New names
with dates of departure
and arrival
freshly scrawled
in ledgers
for divine bookkeeping
purposes.--the book of life
must be maintained
Copyright (c) 2012 by the author
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