Feathers

I believe I’m an angel fallen through the clouds,
Where my wings split free and I became a man,
And I don’t remember anything save the love I had
From where I was born and made.
And so I’ve walked the Earth for few years of human age
But with a wisdom all my own that no one understood.
The pieces that fell away, the feathers from my wings
Took with them parts of my soul and shards of my heart
And so I patched the holes with all that this world gave me,
Some joy and some love and some wonderment at its beauty,
But much pain, misery, and a horrendous amount of fear.
I took it in not knowing, innocent and young and bright,
Like all children and all those wanting not to be just a man,
And that love that remained cried out and ached,
And prayed to a God that I could not see but knew.
My eyes, sparked by this unnamed piece of heaven still inside,
Saw that all were like me, angels now men,
Fallen far from a former life not completely forgotten.
So I tried to hold them close and gather up their pieces,
I tried with my trembling, simple, blood and bone hands
To make them wings to fly with the feathers I had found.
And I failed.
For like no eyes, no smile, no spark of something in the soul
Is ever the same between two of our kind,
The markings etched across each of our wings are our own.
And what they give us, what they put back into our hearts
Are like puzzle pieces that only fit the one frame.
You came and gave me back my wings,
You did not know that what you held was mine,
You just saw them falling amidst the silent snow,
And you plucked them one by one until you had them all.
I believe the ones I hold belong to you,
I wasn’t looking, so I may have missed a few,
Like I wasn’t looking for you when you came,
But I know now I see that all that I’m holding have the same design,
And if it takes me forever I’ll find each one lost,
Bind them back together with my blood and bone hands,
And give you back the wings that split free,
And, as you did when you gave me mine,
Bind your heart and soul to me.
I believe I’m an angel fallen through the clouds,
Where my wings split free so I could become a man.