My tears rain on the suffering world below me

Tyrants’ tongues fan the ignorant flames of hell

Refuse strangles God's creations under the sea

The blood of millions boils under War's savage spell

Cowards hide behind digital walls and people shrink in despair

Yet listen for my hymn drifting softly on the summer breeze

A prayer of hope calling to His children swirls in the air

Be still tonight - let my soothing touch put you at ease

Smell my floral fragrance as I caress your restless soul

Take my hand and we'll glide on a path to glory

Come let me show you joys that will make you whole

Spurn the anguish and distraction and listen to my story

Heed heaven's message and find the good in the world

Reach into my spectral heart and grasp my holy power

A love that began so tiny, now is blinding might unfurled

Let my faith warm you ’til you bloom like a divine flower

Carry my promise and smash your brothers’ bonds of deceit

Now’s the time to reforge that trust lost so long ago

Share a bit of heaven and let Man taste what’s just and sweet

Soar high with my spirit and let your love for others show

Yes I'm a demon, sold my soul for power

was a worth while trade if you ask me, all that devil asked for was my soul

sure take it i said, won't need when I'm old

little did I know it was undying

to some this might dreadful, but i'm not feeling even the least bit regretful.

In my long life on that earth with powers given from someone beneath the dirt

I was a great man and helped a great many others

so while my soul sank i'm sure their's fluttered.

Give me another chance and I'll do it all again

demons get a bad rap and i really don't mind being their kin

that devil gave me a chance, while the angels just watched and judged

so now I extend my hand to you, what do you think not so bad huh

for the low price of a soul all the power imaginable,

eyes wide open not even a little shutter the guy said yes.

Great! another sucker.

Sign right here and i'll be on my way

and if you should die before you wake

thats your soul for me to take.

There is simply not enough angels in the world.

Humanity begins with two, then another two. It was easy, then. Us angels watched over them, shielded them from all harm until they fell from their own misdeeds.

Even when the pair of two became two hundred, two thousand, then two hundred thousand, angels were still a meaningful existence. It was easy to offer salvation when we appeared and everyone believed.

But that mercy has dissipated two millennia ago. When they condemned the Child of God, they condemned everything. Man no longer fears, faith becomes a weapon they wield. Misdeeds flow forth beyond prayers, and there isn’t enough angels to protect everyone from the sins others committed.

The past has judged the world, once. Let the future judge them twice.

The sky shall weep, the earth trembles as stars fall and burn. Death shall come and death shall thrive.

When humanity begins cycle two, the world shall have its angels again.

Forgot my roots, left my boots to dust

Armored my heart, laced my nikes up

Covered scars in tattoos; iced over love

Lowered my bar became like my blood

Said after years of pain I wanted numb

Give me drugs, drink till I’m dumb

Didn’t know that I’d never have enough

Or I did, figured it was just who I was

Genetics deciding disguised as free will

Kicked hope and dreams for the thrill

Did surgery on my heart took all the pills

Flipped over cards, they wished me ill

Bet all I owned on I’d never really care

Forgot to build a house, a fuck or a bear

Climbed the bottom to end up there

Innocence is brief, that thief really cares

Drills in young that life’s never fair

Killed the boy in me now the man stares

In the mirror looking closer for a sign

That who he was is still somehow alive

Reaching out defying space and time

Preaching to me about the devine

Wearing holy jeans, see it in my eyes

Never been a saint or a lucky guy

Love has overdosed me blind

I’m ignoring signs drinking on my side

Forgot last night, yesterday, last year

Woke up sober enough to face my fears

Choked on sorry, a curse to your ear

Floating along hoping you draw near

Boasting on about how I never cared

Has left me alone with liquor clear

Vodka on the rocks, quarter filled sock

Straight to the head like skipping rocks

Killing who I was, 100 proof tonic

Can I have a second ’fore I’m the target

I tried my best, less if I’m honest

Fear ruled daily wound that’s the rawest

Barely holding on wishing you saw this

Forgotten is better than never regarded

the light in your eyes softens the hard edges

of the world. a hard fire that burns bright

covering the world’s dark heart in red gold showing that in this ugly world, there is beauty there is kindness

and with you, darling beside me I can feel like I can do anything that I can conquer and defy fate itself

that I can reach for the stars

there’s nothing impossible with you

and when the fears are strongest and I am frozen in breath - powerless and small

when the earth beneath my feet staggers and I feel like I am falling

darling, you are the forces that pulses in my heart the power in my bones as I pick my self and push forward

reminding me that I am strong, reminding I can do it

that despite everything

i can be free

i can be loved

i can fight for my happiness

i can kiss you,

hold your warmth and

love you

that despite everything —

I AM WORTH IT.

You have eyes red like roses,

Adam had told her.

A flower named,

a woman still flowered.

Lilith would not bend to him,

nor bear his children.

She would birth shadows instead.

Ephemeral things, too fragile for daylight.

To dull the grief of constant loss,

Lilith would peek over the garden wall

at her golden haired replacement.

A woman as lovely as summer’s Eve.

Her eyes were distant and wide

but always curious.

Her body a reflection,

a distortion of Lilith’s own flesh.

They say a snake tricked this golden girl,

but there was no snake.

Lilith saw all, and knows the truth.

She ate the apple because she wanted.

She ate because she was made empty.

Made to satisfy, without satisfaction.

She ate because she was born hungry,

and knew no other way to fill the void.

Women aren’t supposed to want things.

They aren’t supposed to take things.

Certainly not forbidden fruit, red as roses.

Red as Lilith’s eyes.

Yesterday, today, tomorrow,

I find her perfectly preserved

and waiting for me

in a world under my finger,

just outside my grasp,

so close that I know

this will be the moment

that I finally touch her.

This will be the moment

that my grey eyes

joyfully drowning in blue light

finally see her love,

real and raw and warm,

instead of an oh-so-realistic

pixelation of the truth -

the mirage I always mistake

for honesty until

that very last moment

when I realize my finger,

starved for touch,

cannot extend,

no matter how desperately it reaches,

through shatterproof glass

to touch her wings

on the other side.

Jacob~ So, wanna head to Angels & Demons?

Trey~ All rightie. Let’s roll!

The two buddies hopped onto a grandel & were off in a blast.

Jacob~ Love the lights, ‘n’ setting of Angels & Demons. Dude, you need to get their famous dish.

Trey nodded his head and sat at one of the outdoor tables. Jacob grabbed a walkie-talkie on the table & looked at the menu. He scanned the options and decided on what to order.

Jacob~ Hmm, I’m getting the whiskey smoked ribs & broiled veggies. You should try the number one option.

Trey watched as Jacob gave the order for the food on the walkie-talkie. He couldn’t wait to dig in and taste Angels & Demons no. 1 dish.

Jacob smacked husband lips the moment the food arrived. Trey smiled. He raised his hands and blessed the food.

Trey~ May this food nourish our bodies.

Jacob~ Amen.

Trey used both of his hands to hle his food. His mouth watered after taking one bite of the spicy food.

Trey~ Ah, you’re so right about the wings. They’re so succulent!

Jacob~ They are the best wings in the universe!

Trey~ *burps & then chuckles* Excuse me. Yeah, I’m going to take some to go.

**************************************

Meanwhile- somewhere in another part of the city- a young demon stares at the enormous advertising board of Angels & Demons restaurant. The demon pulls out his phone from his jacket.

‘‘Hello..The resturant is still open...’’

*waits for a response*

‘‘Well, it’s been open now for a while.’’

On the other end of the call, static is heard.

‘‘Hello?? Are you still there?’’

The demon sighs and checks the phone.

A message pops up on the screen:

Keep an eye on our current business. If things get any crazy between either side of the Angels or Demons— take charge and remind them all to remember to do their job. If they don’t, then they’ll have to answer to me.

The demon got the message. Hopefully, this current alliance would last and not start a spark to a new battle/war between the two sides.

#LeRepas.

Feathers bristle flesh and bone

Pierced with vanes like arrows

Bequeathing gifts, authored, unknown;

Manna feeds our marrow

Whispered words, once clouded, dim;

Enveloped, satin shades

Melodic hum of ancient hymns

Speaks peace to souls, afraid

Fanning ember’s dying flame

Sustaining weak and weary

Answered prayers of fragile framed

Winged messengers shant tarry

While cherub tears lap ash as sand

Like oceans ebb and flow

On silvered stairs that stretch to land

Seraph journey low

Feet, once treading golden streets

Gather, watching grace;

Heaven kissing earth, beneath

Among us, face to face

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