Angel

Revel in the beauty of the Angel
Let her song fill your ears and ease the soul
Watch as pale feathers flutter upon the blessed air
She errs in the ways of Heaven
To bring blessings on the head of Humanity
Even as she flies over their fields of blood

Humanity attempts to join her
On frail wings of wax and vanity
To reach into Heaven's exquisite fare
Though they are cast away as Icarus by the sun
The blasphemers are rescued by the Angel they sought

Her kindness is repaid by capture
Her once envied wings crushed by chains
She weeps as they bind her in their cruelty
And lash her with sharp-edged words
One wields a spear, drenched in past blood

She cries out as they impale her
Golden blood poured forth
Flowing over her breast
Down the shaft of the spear
Her last breath spent on forgiveness
Even as Cruelty dances in her blood