Because we all want to write more poems.
Angels
There are no angels walking the earth
Looking for redeemable humans,
Like glass bottles to return for deposit
No angels taking pity on us
When we are at the end of our ropes
No angels earning their wings
By showing us how we had it in ourselves all the time.
It's just you and me here
Doing our best. Trying and falling short
Most of the time but coming close.
So close.
Trying again, trying again
Making mistakes, missteps.
And occasionally reaching out
Bracing each other, boosting each other
What can you see if you sit on my shoulders?
Can you reach it? How about now?
So close.
When we're lucky, we find each other
Paths cross and something tells us to follow
Or lead. Either way, we should be together
For a time. For a distance.
Match my stride with yours.
Head in the same direction
For a time. For a distance.
Share stories, sing songs
Tell jokes, anything to make a connection.
For a time. For a distance
Your mother is from Missouri?
That's where my father came from.
Misery, he called it. Did she?
We have that, then.
We are connected now.
You lived in New Jersey?
I never lived anywhere but here.
But I like Springsteen
We have that, then.
We are connected now.
You're a poet? Me too.
I write about rainbows and unicorns.
Kittens and children
It's all very sad.
You? Tone Poems?
Hmmmm.
Still, we have that.
We are connected,
But it's tenuous
And we will soon part.
I think this is where I turn.
You going straight?
Best of luck to you.
Hope you find your way.
Onward and upward, right?
Watch for angels.
- Neil McKay's Shared Poems
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Comments
Jennifer Dixey
May 15, 2012
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Made me smile!
"I write about rainbows and unicorns, kittens and children - it's all very sad." I definitely heard this poem in your voice in my mind! :)
Thanks for the reminder of what we're here for. Maybe we are all here to be those angels for each other.
Clayton Medeiros
May 15, 2012
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Refrains
I like the refrains: we have that then, For a time. For a distance. I would be tempted to end it at Hmmmm with Watch for angels