Angel In The Dark

  

In the midst of a bad dream

That has crossed the line to reality,

Shadows linger, taunt, tease…

Whispering in your ear

The price you pay for sacrifice

Though no deal with the devil

Was ever made.

Flesh is now scorched

From hell’s wrath,

The smell attacks

Your greatest sense

Bringing back forbidden recollections

Now the burn is like a tattoo

From a night of too much drinking.

 

Beyond the realm of human sight

Yet seen by blind faith

There is a slight flicker…

Faint, but more than enough

For the soft embers is a burning belief

Casting light like a beacon

Upon a prayer that seemed lost at sea.

 

In the darkness

An angel finds this

Message in a bottle.

 

In the darkness

One angel sees… reads… believes…

 

In the darkness

This angel sacrifices

Its heavenly sight so you can see

That there still is life

Beneath the ruble and ashes of the past.

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

The imagery in this poem paint a picture in my mind of a man lost sitting on top of a cliff in the desert, praying hoping for an ending to the pain that has come from the past. Then an angel appears in white robes with black wings to help ease the pain. great write my friend.

[LisetteCanWrite!]

Lots of meaning in this one.. It can also be taken in many different lights.. like a metaphor. The angel in the darkness spreading word of life could be viewed as a dark angel showering light in dark times.. simply because they have come from such a background that they have knowledge that much life can come from darkness itself.. people as such are often misinterpreted and thought of as dark.. but they tend to shine through the darkest moments... or someone with a very dark past that found the light .. spreading the words of life from the light they found.. to help another out of the darkness... I can take this writing in many different contexts.. but it certainly is a light at the end of the tunnel .. no matter how you view it.. very inspirational.. thank you so much for sharing!!! =)

[Linda Stinson]

The price a person pays for a little fun. This too shall pass, so says the angel of sacrific.

[Stacey Watts]

Always a glimmer and light in the deep dark abyss. Sometimes it is hard to see but it is still very much there. Very well written...

[Fran Marie]

A powerful piece of writing,with vivid imagery thru~out
in dark intensifying descriptives,quite nicely penned indeed!

[R J Askew]

Some pleasing words deployed well here: midst/wrath/realm/embers/beacon ... rubble also.

[An owl on the moon]

This is such a darkly moving, deeply written work that evokes such pain, and in the end that glimmer of hope and life. Powerfully expressed. An awesome write.

[Wildfleour]

That is a very special angel.........

[A]

Love this!
"In the darkness
This angel sacrifices
It's heavenly sight so you can see
That there still is life
Beneath the ruble and ashes of the past."
My favorite part ^. Great poem! :)