By Anonymous
Date: 14 March 1999

For Angel

I met an angel just today
although I wasn't trying
She found me on the internet
and sensed that I'd been crying

Not tears of loneliness or joy,
not sorrow or despair,
And yet, she heard my silent cry
and tracked me down from there

We got to know eachother as she 
told me of her life
and then I told her of my past, 
my children, and my wife

She said she was a poet,
so I read the words she'd written
and then I saw her angel face
and felt like I'd been bitten

'Twas not the bite of Eden's snake
no malice was intended
but my reaction scared her, and
she may have been offended

Her gentle words awoke in me
A talent I'd thought dead
And as I said goodbye to her
Thoughts rushed into my head

I tried to stop the flow of words
'Til I could find a pen
Alas, no matter how I tried
they rushed right back again

So now I sit, my fingers fly
so quickly o'er the keys
and capture thoughts as they rush by
Oh God, I need you, PLEASE!

Please help me take all of these thoughts
that I have kept well hidden 
and let them flow to paper now
though some may be forbidden

I love my wife and family
from them, I'll never stray
but I must thank my angel 
for the gift she gave today

The gift of memories long past
of poems that I once wrote
The gift of verse, no longer mute
as words leap from my throat

And even if I never write 
another word again
an Angel heard my cry today
and helped to ease my pain.