Dear angel,
Don’t fall.

Don’t let the arrows pierce your wings,
Don’t let the hammers break your bones,
Don’t let yourself fall.

Dear angel,
Let your tears stream down,
Let your screams reign down upon the Earth.

Don’t let your cries go unheard.

When it storms, let me know that it’s you.
Let me relish in the tears falling on my skin,
The holy water washing away my sins.

Send out your cries,
Let them shake the Earth and rattle the ears of all those unworthy.

Let them go deaf by their own condemings.

Pluck out the arrows and toss them back to their bows,
Dear angel.
Hit the archers through the heart
As they have hit you.

Let the hammers fall down,
Hail upon unsuspecting heads,
Crushing their bodies,
Red seeping into the snow.

Dear angel,
Don’t fall,
Don’t die.
Don’t believe yourself when you say
"I am not worthy."

Grasp your rosary,
Recite your Hail Mary and your scriptures,
Corinthians 6:9,
"Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?”

Don’t fall,
Dear angel.
Break the chains binding you and spread your wings and soar.

Let the clouds clear away.