Fallen

               his hand drooping
               from the top step
               of course over
               the top step be
               cause where else could
               he have fallen?
               his legs crumbled
               beneath his stioll
               form, reverent
               as if in prayer
               the chapel in
               the background lit
               eerily with
               the light of God
               and heaven, bright
               against the dark
               blood, spilling like
               a slow water
               fall down the steps
               his wing, ripped from
               his back, lies cold
               beside him, red
               on pure white light
               fallen, of course
               from the heavens
               for what else could
               be so cruel?
               his wing, torn from
               his bleeding back
               cold and certain
               for, of course, one
               winged angels can
               not ever fly.
 

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