[for the angelic music of Judee Sill]
you who strike cold tambourines
whenever the numbers add up right
maybe the clouds will wipe
the sleep from your eyes
an angel will come
and demolish the sum
unsmiling in the limelight for
you who believe success succeeds
no matter how hearts bleed
no matter what fades
what do you have to say
if it all flows away
and who are you then.
standing outside on the porch
of the winds are you a friend
when someone sends you
to the other side of
the tracks running through your dreams
where no trains hum
threading a different seam
and the ticket collectors rust
and nothing can be done
and they won't know what you mean
when there's no race to be won
then you'll come home
when the helicopter leaves curl down
without a sound , a word to call your own.
that heralding angels
haven't already heard
mary angela douglas 5 march 2016
you who strike cold tambourines
whenever the numbers add up right
maybe the clouds will wipe
the sleep from your eyes
an angel will come
and demolish the sum
unsmiling in the limelight for
you who believe success succeeds
no matter how hearts bleed
no matter what fades
what do you have to say
if it all flows away
and who are you then.
standing outside on the porch
of the winds are you a friend
when someone sends you
to the other side of
the tracks running through your dreams
where no trains hum
threading a different seam
and the ticket collectors rust
and nothing can be done
and they won't know what you mean
when there's no race to be won
then you'll come home
when the helicopter leaves curl down
without a sound , a word to call your own.
that heralding angels
haven't already heard
mary angela douglas 5 march 2016
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