Richard's Request- the Angel Token

Richard Lamoureux has not forgotten me during my absence. He faithfully visits my older writes and leaves lovely encouraging comments. While I'm busy working on my thesis, I got this notification on this poem. Richard's comment: I felt like I read it for the first time. This is such a special piece Eileen. You should repost this one! I'm doing so in honor of his request....Thanks, Richard. I have named you my Guardian Poet. Now everyone knows why. :) The Token- Angel Contest Written by: Jade Celeste I see you bent low Your head in your hands Tears dropping on the table cloth The heavy sighs that no one can hear Fill my ear Even past the wall Between eternity and finite time I hear I see Your guardian angel is near My orders from the throne To protect you from harm both physical and spiritual To guard your steps Yet...I see you have not walked For many an hour You have been glued to that spot Unmoving Only knowing that your universe Is caving in Forming a black hole That is sucking in your soul The decision is mine to make I have no time to hesitate… Overstep my bounds? Or just hover and watch you drown? The room fills with light As I materialize Hiding my wings Not wanting to shock you Not in your present state... But you are too far gone to see The gun on the table…ready So, with one hand I touch your face With the other under your grizzled chin I make you look up at me…. Your eyes fill with wonder You blink away the tears Trying to focus Trying to grasp the reality of me Before you have time to question I close my lips on yours And breathe into your mouth The eternal qualities of heaven Peace, joy, love and light…. A lingering kiss of life The moment where heaven and earth collide And I unfold my wings and envelope you In a cocoon of heavenly wonder I enfold you I feel your strength returning I will not let you fall I have heard the unspoken call Of your bleeding heart… And as you reach your arms around me… In that moment…I’m gone Clothing myself with invisibility Yet…. just as near Unseen to your mortal eyes But I'm still here...real... As real as the erratic beating of your heart I hover near You exhale slowly Your breath is on my cheek The light dims And you open your eyes Wondering what delirium Has come over you Yet there….there in your hand A token of the encounter A white feather That glimmers in the night Against orders…. I will stand before the throne And try to find the words to explain This strange act... I could not keep back I had to guard your life In the only way I knew how In that unearthly moment in time I will find the grace to answer My reward… the look in your eyes The radiance of your face The knowing smile that reveals You are worthy enough On a dark and hopeless night To be kissed…. By the lips of an angel A guardian angel of light