The Angels gather in their millions <br />perhaps billions, <br />before the Altar. <br /> <br />They fly in <br />blanketing the sky <br />with soaring wings, <br /> <br />land softly <br />and move <br />toward the Altar <br /> <br />with quiet resolve. <br /> <br />Some exhausted, <br />Some crippled, <br />Some dying. <br /> <br />She stood before them <br />hands aloft <br />saying' <br />'Come my Angels <br />now is the time for your needs.' <br /> <br />One by one <br />with each <br />she ministers to them; <br /> <br />all was still <br />despite how many <br />landed there- <br />an eerie quiet, <br /> <br />With one she patched a wing, <br />another received encouragement; <br />others still asked and received <br />new assignments. <br /> <br />A bloodied hand was mended <br />an angel heart renewed <br />sleep was all some needed, <br />others more than that. <br /> <br />At her signal <br />all raised their wings <br />and covered one another underneath: <br />The Angel Salute <br />to Angels no longer with the Angel Band <br /> <br />gone above to be with Him. <br /> <br />There was too <br />Angel Music- <br />beautiful Angel Music. <br /> <br />These angels are <br />Earthly Angels <br />the ones who <br />look after the children, <br />the needy, <br />the poor, me and you. <br /> <br />They are with us every day <br />for our Betterment. <br /> <br />They take sometimes the harms <br />meant for us; <br />the burning spear pierces <br />their heart <br />not ours. <br /> <br />They stand between us and rushing death <br />some times <br />absorbing the blow. <br />. <br />Their eyes blind sometimes <br />rather than ours. <br /> <br />Blind angels, <br />nonetheless fly <br />guided only by <br />Good Intent. <br /> <br />Once an eternity <br />they all gather <br />to mend <br />and receive succor <br />from She: <br /> <br />The Angel of the Angels <br /> <br />who blesses each and every one <br />and looks after their needs.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/angel-flight/
