Wings

As the evening breaks its amber silk
An angel's untouched wings
Are ripped from her skin
She hands them to a demon
A white smile ripping apart her beauty

"Take them, and fly."

The demon, her heart flooded
Locks the wings in a chest and turns away
Leaving the keepsake to rot
Her fate is laying away to be destroyed
She will never see her worth

"Why was I given life?"

The morning ghosts whisper into her ears
Telling her of dreams from the past
That have spoken the truth
She knows the demon's bruises and cuts
Will be healed in the end

"You are not a mistake."

She abuses the gifts she pretends to have
And lays her creations to die
In the recesses of a doomed imagination
A life worth nothing but dirt
A demon bleeds herself away

"I am in Hell, where I belong."

The angel watches, her spirit weak
Her wrists chained to her mortality
Mocking her belief in the demon
But still, she believed
She smiled at the demon at that moment

"You will see the truth."

As the demon's soul was stripped bare
Her eyes pooled with burning tears
And she ripped herself apart
Her own hands covered in her blood
A deformed monster at her end

"What is the truth?"

The angel lifts her head
And breaks away from her wingless chains
Holding out her hand to the fallen demon
And unlocks the chest that has been abandoned
To finally bestow to the demon her fate

"The truth will set you free."

Her heart torn apart, she struggles

Her heart blossoming still, she smiles

Takes the wings from the angel

She gives the wings to the demon

Her body dissolving like sand

Reaching out to catch her

And opens her eyes to the sky

And opens her eyes to the sky

To be awoken in her home

Reviews

[Calypso]

Often times I've wondered what it would be like to fly. Your poem shows your readers a world where even if you could fly away there will remain problems. So graceful, so beautiful! You better submit this into every contest you can! Mark my word this will win a ton of awards!

[Katie]

I really enjoyed this poem, I generally hate when people mess with the structure of the poem, but I think it worked well and added to the flow of your piece. The imagery in this poem was incredibly vivid, and very well done. Excellent, work!

[Kiri Nells]

Wow! I really like this! What usually happens when people mess with structure is something... just unneeded and annoying... but in this, the structure does actually add to it. :D Well done, my friend.

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

WOW. This a stunning, brilliant piece of work. A masterpiece in itself. I was little worried I would be able to get the full picture with the format but I had no reason to be, it worked and told a great story. Simply amazing.

[joshua deathdealer]

Awesome work. I really enjoyed the story as well as the format.

[Katseye]

beautifull!

[Kaelyn Shea]

Beautiful. Loved this

[Keevan]

I can't think of any other way to describe this but amazing. Just...wow. *applause*

[Daydreamer54]

Beautifully written and I like how it's kinda written as a story. :) great write!

[Amber Betty Marie Child..]

This holds truth in a way that you have to have it in you to understand it