The Saddest Angel
Published by The International Society of Poets 'Anthology 1999' also published in 1996 'FLIGHT'
AS YOU LOOKED UPON AN ANGEL'S FACE
AND THOUGH THERE WERE NO WINGS IN PLACE
THERE WITHIN YOU FOUND GOD'S LOVE
AN ANGELS GLOW FROM ABOVE
A PIECE OF HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SINCE YOUR BIRTH
SO MANY TIMES THE "ANGEL HEARD
SOMEONE WHO WOULD SPEAK THE WORD
ANGEL ANGEL THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE
YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOD'S SHINING STAR
BUT THE ANGEL NEVER KNEW
IF THE WORDS WERE REALLY TRUE
THE ANGEL LIVED IN FLESH AND BONE
AND HAD TO CALL THE EARTH HER HOME
SHE NEVER QUITE COULD FIGURE OUT
WHY HER LOVE WAS IN DOUBT
SHE KNEW HER HEART WAS ALWAYS TRUE
BUT WHY NO ONE SAW OR KNEW
SO ALONE SHE LIVED HER LIFE
HURTS AND LIES AND ENDLESS STRIFE
THE ANGEL'S GLOW BEGAN TO FADE
AND THE STAR THAT GOD HAD MADE
WENT TO HIDING DEEP INSIDE
THE SADDEST TEARS EVER CRIED
THE WORLD HAS HATE FOR GOD AND LOVE
AND THE SADDEST ANGEL FROM ABOVE
The Saddest Angel was originally written as a poem then set to music and
is performed as an inspirational song by Dawn Maracle.
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