Angels Among Us

As another departs
when I must say goodbye
until my cage opens
someday
I pray
Aunt Alma, will you hold her hand
show him around
love her like a mother
tell them stories
of how you made your way
Denise, your smile a radiant glow
I dreamed rainbow robes
flowed beneath your outstretched arms
inviting us to celebrate
your homecoming
when morning looks in
my cross legged form
head bent remembering
through an inner vision
dance all of you
grandmas, grandpas, friends
mentors I never met in flesh
always more tears for guides
who held my brokenness
never wavered
Each one glides into forever
inside my soul earth splits open
atoms shift
make room for all you can do now
beyond imaginings I entertain
In faint whisperings
I hear you
feel you
a tickling breeze
on my face
I see you
when butterflies land
on my shoulder
after I’ve ached
for one more minute with you
When no flowers are near
yet a scent of roses
comes and comes
across a gray city scape
I know you are giving again
Years from now
when everyone I know gathers
beyond the veil
when I dance one among
I pray we will only know each of us be
Family