The War In Heaven

The angels fight in heaven As their swords slash at each other They light the sky silver Like a camera flash Then there is a huge crack Like a mahogany tree Breaking at its stem I think they have broken A wooden door in heaven The sky becomes a sad grey And the ground wet As God’s tears fall God cries… Or maybe not. There is another huge crack As if the mahogany fell On the roof of my house! My heart is shaken I think God Has hit his mighty fist On the judges’ bench And the swords clang no more. The Master has spoken And what remains of the fight Is the soft hiss Of tears from heaven I sigh now As the rain falls softly Against the grass outside.