A poem I wrote tonight....

Angelic Dirge

The Angels cry in Heaven tonight
And the Demons laugh below
A mortal stands jilted on Earth
Filled with bitter sorrow.

The Angels play a saddened dirge
In some celestial key
And as the mortal stands and weeps
The Demons laugh in ecstasy.

The mortal stands before the ocean below
On a precipice far above
Crying over the love inside
Of his lost love.

She wasn't killed or taken away
No captive of some cruel king
She wasn't abducted in the night
By some blood-thirsty beast

She was guilty of only love
To a man the same as she
A love that was separated
By this churning sea.

So as he stands and looks below
The last tear falls from his eyes
And as he falls into the sea
He slowly sinks and dies.

Ray Anderson
July 8, 2009
Texas