Angel-less
I dreamed
that
every human being
carries
a burned angel
on their back,
like a wing
that
no longer knows
toward
which heaven
to fly.
Then I understood:
it is not
we
who seek salvation,
but
salvation itself,
weary,
searching for us
through the ruins.
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