A unexpected visitor left my heart paralyzed in my sleep  last night.

I awoke on this morning trying to comprehend  the emptiness I felt.

At half past burning eyes and qurater of........  I finally called for him out loud which did me no good.

Tonight, vividly recalling his visit, I sit in darkness and refuse to accept what I have done.

I close my eyes at this very moment and I remember....

He was tall but I didn't notice until he tried to stand.
His shirt was torn, shredded like he'd been attacked by a wild animal.

I noticed blood on the surface of his scratched arms. His hands were drawn, his face expressionless.

His long hair tucked behind his ears was soiled. His bare feet calloused , scabbed over as though he'd been traveling by foot on hot coal.

The more I reached out to grab his hand...the more he wept.

"Please sir!" I said to him. "Let me help you!"

He tried to stand and reach out his hand  to mine.
Within a instant he fell to his knees.

That was when I noticed his wings.

Frayed white feathers soaked in blood.

" Who are you?"  I cried.

He started to whisper....

" I am your Guardian Angel."

"Laura, please understand that I have protected you, but there is no strength left within me."

"I broke my legs  running to protect  you from danger."

"I broke my hands pulling the wheel when evil tried to drown your thoughts with alcohol."

" I lost my ability to fly when I swept you from dieing from a overdose."

"Now I am no longer able."

My Guardian Angel left me paralyzed in my sleep  last night.



© LAURA Hadges