the angel’s confession (20170722)

Posted on July 22, 2017July 23, 2017 by crow

i have hated you
–the angel says–
from the moment
of your creation

so weak and powerless
can’t fly
can’t sing
you call that sound
you make singing
but it’s only noise

my gears are polished silver, gold,
my skin translucent pearl
i breathe fire
but can bring forth flowers
by kissing the earth

you are trapped in your meat
and your blood
giving birth in terror
and agony to terrors and
agonies

did you know
your screaming
is the only thing
approaching communication
with the divine
that’s the real song
he wants to hear

you were never meant
for paradise
you were built to suffer
because misery loves
company and
the stony ground
was always your final
destination

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30 thoughts on “the angel’s confession (20170722)”

Renee Jones July 22, 20178:05 pm

This is…so good. I had to take a second for myself after reading this. Really, really impressed.
1. crow July 22, 20178:12 pm
  
  Thank you and welcome to the blog!
alongtheinterstice July 23, 20175:38 am

sounds like jealousy speaking – how can He love you creatures? why did He create you? when we are so perfect?

Nicely done.
1. crow July 23, 20176:29 am
  
  Thanks. This is a kind of reply to an earlier poem I did about the expulsion from Eden.
  1. alongtheinterstice July 23, 20176:32 am
    
    i’ll go check it out
  2. crow July 23, 20176:42 am
    
    I had to search for the title: useless wings.
  3. alongtheinterstice July 23, 20176:58 am
    
    thanks.
  4. alongtheinterstice July 23, 20177:07 am
    
    They make for an intriguing pairing. No one (inc. angel) can escape the burden of being
  5. crow July 23, 20177:14 am
    
    It can be a heavy thing.
  6. alongtheinterstice July 23, 20179:32 am
    
    Indeed
The Perilous Reading Society July 23, 20176:22 am

‘You were never meant for paradise’ This same, although not so beautifully expressed, thought has been in my head all day. Love this poem.
1. crow July 23, 20176:28 am
  
  Thanks so much!
sheldonk2014 July 23, 20178:04 am

Love this one crow
Strong voice
To many great lines
To pick just one
As Sheldon Always
1. crow July 23, 20178:34 am
  
  Thanks, my friend.
Poet Rummager July 23, 20174:40 pm

God, angels have egos the size of Trump’s ass! Ha. I can actually see this happening with the holier than tho attitudes many angels harbor.
1. crow July 23, 20174:43 pm
  
  They’re really stuck up.
Charley July 23, 20175:39 pm

Which angel? 🙂 I suspect, knowing crows the way I do, that there is more than meets the eye, the ear, the nose here. A sulfurous tone, brimming with fire and spite. Good one!
1. crow July 23, 20176:04 pm
  
  Anything with wings is not to be trusted.
  1. Charley July 23, 20176:21 pm
    
    Is that why you wrote this poem? Because of the wings? Just curious. I have no angelic agenda. …see? No wings! 🙂
  2. crow July 23, 20176:33 pm
    
    No. Not really about the wings. But I do have a weird interest in angels, not your run-of-the-mill interest. I have a few older poems about them, too.
  3. Charley July 23, 20176:45 pm
    
    I’d be interested in reading them sometime. I used to be more versed in them than I am now.
  4. crow July 23, 20176:53 pm
    
    These aren’t old school angels. If you click on the angel tag, it should catch most of them.
  5. Charley July 23, 20176:57 pm
    
    Okay. Bedtime reading perhaps! Have an awsomenight, Mr. Crow!
  6. crow July 23, 20177:01 pm
    
    Thank you, sir. You too.
rivrvlogr July 24, 20173:29 pm

Wow! (In a good way.)
1. crow July 24, 20173:54 pm
  
  Thank you!
onlyfragments July 25, 20176:16 am

Fffffffuck I love this.
1. crow July 25, 20177:45 am
  
  Ggggggreat! 😊
  
  I’m really glad you enjoyed it.
chrisbkm July 30, 20171:46 pm

Reminds me of Rilke’s angels, “…But if the archangel now, perilous, from behind the stars took even one step down toward us: our own heart, beating higher and higher, would beat us to death…” (Duino Elegies, The Second Elegy – translated by Stephen Mitchell)
1. crow July 30, 20171:47 pm
  
  Thanks! It very complimentary to be compared to Rilke.