DARK ANGEL

Photo by S. Auberle

I will always love

the sound of wings

never knowing

if it's bird or angel

like a single raven

at high-desert dawn

black velvet in motion

or a dove in the pines

breast feathers fluttering

down in small, winged prayers

the turquoise flash

of a lazuli bunting

like an unearthed

Anasazi necklace

but tell me

do you also wait

with terrible joy

never knowing

if that winged sound

is a dark angel

coming for you?

- mimi