83. Ar-Ra’uf – Healing Wings

Suggests compassion, kindness, radiation
--- 'Take me by the hand; it's so easy for you,
Angel, for you are the road' Rilke 

An ‘angel’
is defined in my little on-line
dictionary as a heavenly
being, guide or guardian; more
than google, or a free magazine,

radio or TV blinking
and ‘omen’ as a prophetic sign
or signal from the Mystery,
Beloved, God or Allah.

Of course, the ancient days are gone
when we believed in angel-notes from
Mother Nature such as shapes
in leaves or whether birds appear
to fly, uplift and honk along together.

Today I almost saw a kingfisher
catching fish from water in a
river flowing back to where I
came from. Time passes, turns;
of course those days are gone.

The healing Down’s boy

Dance like an angel

under a cracked roof

smile like a devil

sprinkling seeds of love.

Flop your arm over

every person’s shoulder

going for your hug time,

rounding off a good time

and like any seraphim

letting go with ‘Ta-ra!’,

wave as a cowboy

abandoning his team.

Angels do their best

and walk off to the West.