Then she jumped

An angel flies away

They tried to chain her to the realities of the world.

With ropes and metal they bound her into submission

Silence was her language when they covered her lips with tape

And even then her eyes roamed where no footprints had been made

In the blanket of dark she dreamed of sunlight

And In the waves of light she looked for the stars 

In her enclosed world there were only blue skies 

with scrawled maps of lightning to keep her warm

They told her she couldn't do it

They said her feet were melted to the sand

and the stars were merely pin holes far in the distance 

there to be admired but never grasped

So when she jumped their eyes were widened 

And some of them lost their breathe for the first time ever

chains dangled and clanked over the jagged edge like church bells

To celebrate an angels final flight 

Feet hit the air like feathers 

and toes were confused by the loss 

And strong wings broke the chains of persecution 

to glide on the exhale of the saints

 

They watched her disappear into the setting daylight

then they trailed back down 

the same as they had ever been

with one memory of heaven that would soon be forgotten