thank you, Angel
-for coming into our lives
-for leaving your father's side

he said to you, "go"
and swiftly you came

the body is weak
but, surely,
you took on your fleshly shell
as if it were armor

he said to you,
"live as they live"
so, in pain you were
in the long cold days
you shared with us

like anyone of us
you were born innocent
and, as we do,
you grew into fool-hearted things

we did not know you, Angel
for, though the lord...