< having talked to an angel >

[rayheinrich]

Hi Rayheinrich

I was liking the poem right away when I saw Elijah and the angel who brought him sustenance as he hid from evil. The Biblical accounts of Elijah are my favorite. Though the image doesn't match the poem, the poem has a quirky, cuteness about it. I don't quite understand the last stanza, but I will go over it again and again...very often I am slow of wit and/or comprehension. Best wishes to you!

It does go with the poem, I selected it for just that reason. (See 1 Kings 19:5-8 in the P.S. below.)
But note: I'm not retelling, I'm referencing.

I did take the liberty of making the angel a 'she'. I always disliked calling an angel "it" (not to mention it goes along with the image).
If I used 'it' :
                                       its voice
                                       surrounding me
                                       its truth
                                       a parable
                                     
                                       "you might"
                                       "it said
                                       "construct a skeleton
                                       "that yearns for flesh"
                                     
                                       "you might"
                                       "it said
                                       "remember"



    1 Kings 19:5-8 (KJV)

5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him,
and said unto him, Arise and eat.

6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse
of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said,
Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty
days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.