Broken-Winged Angel

BROKEN-WINGED ANGEL

©Robert C Burnham

{for my friend, she knows who she is}

If you’ll gather around to listen

There’s a tale I want to tell

Of an angel wise and fair

Who has seen the fires of hell

I should start with “Once upon a time”

But it’s not that long ago

And this is not no fairy tale

She’s someone you may know

She didn’t come from money

And her spoon’s less silver than tin

God bestowed her with love and sweetness

Of which she has much to give

Her future seemed wide open

Her wings were strong and swift

But she made some wrong decisions

And like most she began to drift

Her loving heart was shattered

When another done her wrong

He rejected all her caring

And he tried to steal her song

Her innocence mistook his lies

For promises of roses

And this led her to go astray

Once all his promises were broken

One dark and stormy night

Her love , it was betrayed

Her wings unable to pull her up

So she knelt low and prayed

She knew that she was bound by scripture

To reap what she had sowed

But sobbingly she asked forgiveness

Of Heaven, she would not let go

The devil tried to make her profess

That she caused her love to die

But she placed her fate back in God’s hands

And looked upward to His skies

And somehow among her darkness

She no longer felt despair

She told that devil to go to hell

Because she had wings to spare

The Lord our God had heard her cry

And came down and touched her soul

He left her wing in slight dis-repair

So this story could be told

And when the sun broke the horizon

She fluttered up her wings

And re-joined the chorus of His angels

Listen close and hear her sing

Now, if your own wing’s a little chipped

Or your halo’s not quite bright

Remember the story of a broken-winged angel

And ask the Lord to give you flight.