Angel Of Death
Topic: Poems for Zaz

Angel Of Death

 

when the sky cracks to black

          from a glass-beaded blue

and shakes down the stars

          like a hot falling dew

and tears are like diamonds

          all over the ground

and mouths that are crying

          just swallow the sound

 

when I can no longer stand

I’ll reach out for your little hand

cross over that great black divide

to walk once again by your side

I give you my very last breath

you are my angel of death

 

when sickness and sadness

          lay down on the floor

as fingers of light reach in

          under the door

fallen down in the shadows

          washed away in the pain

love lies bleeding out

          like the last of the rain

 

when I can no longer write

I’ll weep out our song in the night

at your feet lay my emptiness down

shadows of echoes torn from their sound

I give you my very last breath

you are my angel of death

 

a man steps where he steps

          before and after the falls

he hears what he hears

          no matter who calls

he sees what he sees

          through every last tear

and he loves who he loves

          without any fear

 

it’s been such a long lonely while

since I’ve seen that sweet loving smile

put your lips to my lips tonight

lift me up into your loving light

take the love in my very last breath

my beautiful angel of death

 

tommy for Zaz