Angels in heaven know how to love
There’s nothing unsatisfying about it
No hints of possible connection
glinting just out of reach
behind a few words
(if you could only get them right)
or a few circumstances
(if only timing would align)
Angels in heaven have no problem
with triangulation, asymmetry
rhythmic incompatibility
And they don’t need to
negotiate, hypothesize
agonize, analyze
Angels in heaven
are not detached from love
Not walled off from it
by ethereal piety
They embody all of love —
The full-sounding, deep toning
Heart-swelling, zinging, zooming
Pow of it
The joy bubbles and the lasting satisfaction —
The here and now of it
Angels in heaven love you whole
Erase your pain, light up your soul
Don’t take my word that it is so
Love like an angel, and you’ll know.
©Wendy Mulhern
July 19, 2012