Angels and Architecture

Are we not blind-registered children, 
tripping over our future tails? 
Sight unseen enabled 
for the will of night prevails. 

Within the cone of silence 
curve the angles formed obtuse, 
at odds and plainly hidden 
in the shade of the recluse. 

Feeling numb along the crumbled brick, 
cement and mortar Braille; 
callused lesions blunt the tips 
and rip out the fingernail. 

If opened to accommodate 
the scope of love's domain, 
the arc-light blinds so fiercely 
slamming eyes wide shut again. 

And all the time in brilliance shine 
their halos fired intense, 
yet we, enslaved to self denial 
reject the evidence. 

For the sake of nothing ventured 
breeds the compost of conjecture, 
means we look but cannot see 
the angels in our architecture.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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