Angel Learning How to Live, a poem by Stephen Fuller

Angels Learning How to Live When angels stop flying long enough to watch What we make with this mortal flesh they would Mock if they did not burn with jealousy and want They fall from their heights for a single tremble. When we choose to swim inside our mortality Letting our too human blood fill up empty spots That deserve to come alive if only for one night, We long for the second angels begin their descent. When they fall, seeking to tremble like us, do not Call it falling, but learning how to live, at last, Inside the spare moments given us mortals. We have chosen the marrow. We chose to feel what cannot be felt, Alone. Our feet on the ground or ethereal, lost in heights We should not reach lest we melt into legend, yes, A metaphor for those who have not chosen to love. Yes. Just say yes and watch angels crave what we Make together when we allow us our humanity. (C) 2020 Stephen Fuller
Art by Michael Parkes, my favorite contemporary artist. Link can be found here to his sculpture Angel of August. https://www.theworldofmichaelparkes.com/artists/michael-parkes/angel-august
17 Responses to “Angel Learning How to Live, a poem by Stephen Fuller”
Beautiful, Stephen! I am a huge fan of your Angel poems, as you know. ❤️
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Yes, so I have heard… 😃 … Speaking of angels… I am about to read the biography of Rilke…
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Oh…that sounds like a book I would love. I loved his “Letters to a Young Poet”
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I will be happy to share… when I am done with it… of course so be patient
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Yay! I will be…
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Outstanding from an Angelino in lockdown 👍
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Muchos gratitdunose
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tee hee with a face mask
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Let me was just hands before I gesture… 🧼 🖐 🧼 🖐 🧼 🖐
Now…
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Lol
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Very deep !
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This poem kind of began as a love poem but it reads as something different now to me… something maybe we need
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Yes it encompasses a lot of feelings and emotions. Very well written Stephen
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Thank you very much Sadje
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You’re welcome 😉
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🤓🧼🖐🧼🖐🙏🖐🧼🖐🧼🤓
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😂
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