She held a smile on her face
On the way down
And I felt my heart begin to break,
As she faded out of sight
The tears could not stop falling
And the Gods themselves looked away
As she decended from the Heaven's
To a place of eternal pain
But on the way down I saw her
On the way down I cried
On the way to the road of hell
I saw her and I cried
Because
How could the world reject her
And tear apart her wings
Only for her to still love them
Like the pain never meant a thing
I thought the road was cold
Lonely and darkened screams
But as she passed me I felt
The heat of the world I'd left behind
And I closed my eyes to embrace it
Feeling the love caress my soul
It tricked me into believing
That I'd wake up back at home
And when she passed I began to cry
A small smile on my face
I felt her hand against mine
And her lips against my cheek
So I laughed a bitter laugh
And opened up my eyes
To watch her walking boldly
With her head held up high
And when she arrived at the gates
Not even Hell could hold back tears
And relectuntly let her pass
Into the flames that burned beyond
She turned to see me watching
The flames licking her face
And held her hand in welcome
Before turning to face away
And the gates would not open
When I arrived at their door
Hell itself was quiet
When the angel was no more
And on my back a pair of wings
So white and pure of sin
Sprouted from the scars
My angel's loving wings...
Author notes
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
We've all fallen, but we're not broken. There is the hint that we are going to get back up again.
A contest entry
- Prompts by Blind Sight.
700 points, ended October 28, 2008, 4 entries
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Beautiful!
This is a really beautiful write. It held me captive until the very last line. Excellent, penned beautifully. This is really art put into words!
There's just one small error, though. In line seven, it should be Heavens, not Heaven's.
Again, this was really amazing! Bravo!
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thank you! i'll fix it soon! haha
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A beautiful, moving poem. Thank you for entering.
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thank you, i'm glad that you found it moving enough to be first. Thanks again!
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It had to win. It was so wonderful, it sends shivers down my spine when I read it.
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haha, that's the affect i was going for, good thing it worked.
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