Where Have All The Angels Gone

Where have all the angels gone? I have grown weary of the battle. As i get older it becomes increasingly more difficult to understand or accept mans inhumanity. Mine is a journey to the divine but my path is blocked by those who wallow in an ocean of negativity. I seek to breathe in inspiration as i send out blessings of peace and love. Yet the weight of hatred , racism , homophobia , sexism ... have taken their toll. There are too many selfish and not enough selfless. We have an inherent earth connection that we ignore for we continually rape the land , taint the water and pollute the air. Where have all the angels gone?

Where have all the angels gone? Where are those who celebrate life and spirit while fostering greater harmony? The heart of the world is broken and we are the abusers. We must create purpose in our lives and seek to enrich , enlighten and educate. We must live in a more conscious way and let our souls speak. Where have all the angels gone?

Can anybody hear me!

Reviews

[Kaye]

I like it. It's like a cry for change- a call to action.
The title is definitly what drew me in, and I like how you repeated it throughout the poem. However, it threw me off when you repeated it at the end of the first stanza and at the beginning of the second. It made me take a really big breath before I read it. XD

You have a very powerful way of reaching out to people through words. It makes me want to get up and do something now... I might just do that.
I hope someday the world can hear these same words.

[Marie Anzalone]

'Where have all the angels gone?', you posit.
Why, they are right where they have always been, Micheal, unnoticed, quietly doing the Creator's work while murderers and egoists grab the headlines. Every time I start feeling mired in darkness, and losing my faith, I read another story that sets me straight.

A poor black woman from Philadelphia teaches teenage mothers how to be seamstresses. An EMT worker holds a dying child in his arms so she doesn't face the final calling alone. An Indian woman gives her soul so that trees may be nourished.

There are small miracles all around us I think. The problem is, they do not advertise themselves, and they get lost amid the hubbub of voices.

We are all in this together. The world needs compassion more than ever with the challenges ahead of us. I draw a big circle on a piece of paper... all the things that influence my thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. In the center, I draw a little circle- the things I have control over, my own influence in the world. I try like Hell these days to ask myself, why am I focusing out here (the big circle) instead of finding ways to make my little circle larger? Why not expand my influence?

It helps me maintain my sense of balance. I hope that you find inspiration every day to help you find yours. Angels are simply people who do what they feel they are called to do when the time comes. I have met a few recently, and am blessed by their presence in my life.

[Ruby Moon]

look into a mirror and you will see the closest angel to you... you yourself
it is hard and sometimes we stumble but we are all capable of the worst and the best things
i try to live my life with the principle that if i can make even one person smile, it would be worth it
but at time i lash out in anger, or turn my head away with indifference...
however, there are times where reaching out to another is as natural as breathing

perhaps, the angels are but us humans...the very abusers themselves
who can claim not to ever feel the love of nature?
i am sure that even the most harden hearts have felt some wonder or amazement or respect for nature and our fellow inhabitants of this earth
perhaps they just need to remember...
^-^
i blabbered too much... but it is a valid question you presented
and i am glad to have read this piece and to be able to share my thoughts with you (even though you dont really have a choice in this >

[Glo]

There are angels amongst us and their voices are so softly singing. Hard to hear amidst the brutality of the world. If you quiet your mind and heart and let your eyes wander you will find them doing what they do all around you.

Liked your words and intent and emotion.

[K.D.Storm]

I really like this one. I wonder this on a daily bases as I read the news or watch something on tv. It makes me wonder when we transform into the type of species that went from having compassion and a giving heart into the most selfish of breds. I mean you covered it all. I can hear a begging in the voice it was written in that seems to be wondering if we have lost it all or is there still a chance to overcome our selfish desires and start putting the people around us as well as the earth first like it use to be. Maybe in time those angels u ask about will resurface again instead of hiding behind the clouds shedding tears of pain and disappointment.

[Samantha]

wow! that was very good! i loved it! very touching and has meaning....

[Stammers]

I really like the title; overall it feels like a poem that has come from debilitating frustration, presented somewhere between questioning and despair, I think for a real impact you should push and explore the latter, it feels like there are words still left that weren't written down, and that they'd make a more powerful version. It's uplifting someone cares enough to try and encapsulate how they feel about the world and share it with others.

[Naomi Montana Walsh]

I hear you, my screen name has been Angelsenvoy for many , many years strangers have contacted me because of that name..because I believe when there are no angels to be found it is then that we must become as they are Envoys..if you will .. I have often had to be my own angel..the vortex of calamity is sometimes hard not to get sucked into..one of my favorite lyrics for a song goes like this and I love it hope you do as well..

I embrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
of our divinity and still be a human.

Maynard..

[ascelticas]

I hear you Michael. The angels are all here, present and incorrect. They're a bit ragged due to having fallen, but still serviceable if you keep one eye closed and the other shut. The fallen need some lessons in loving, and boy are we getting it. Imagine how things would be if we hadn't taken the plunge. Makes you wonder. It was inevitable. Like the Prodigal Son, we're not a good example of what convention holds out for us, but come what may, the knives are being sharpened for the fatted calf. I share your concern, for all you describe, and the poor calf.

[C. R. Stone]

I totally agree with your expression. The message strongly cries out a frustration for peace and understanding in a backward world. Thank you for sharing!

[Fairy Tales]

yes, i heard ya! very clever poem. i like it.