Perfect Angel

NO WINGS SAW I
NOR HALO EITHER
NOT EVEN A FIGURE STATUESQUE,
YET HER HAIR, AS IT GENTLY WAVED
IN THE BRIGHT SUNLIGHT,
SEEMED TOUCHED WITH A PECULIAR
GLOW OF ITS OWN,
WITH FACE SERENE
LIPS GENTLY CURVED
VOICE ELEGANTLY SOFT
DEEP GREEN EYES
EMITTING MESSAGES FROM HER SOUL.

I FELT HER RADIANT BEING,
HER WARMTH OF HEART
KINDNESS, TENDERNESS, UNDERSTANDING,
WORDS OF WISDOM
WORDS OF COMPASSION
WORDS OF SACRIFICE,
DEDICATION, RIGHTEOUSNESS
WORDS THAT ENDURED
THE TEST OF TIME
AGELESS WORDS OF HUMANKIND.

REFLECTING DEEPLY,
SUMMONING THE DEPTHS OF MY
INNERMOST FEELINGS
THE VERY KERNEL OF MY SOUL
THAT GAVE SPARK TO MY LIFE,
I KNOW IT TO BE SO
WITHOUT A SINGLE SHRED OF DOUBT,
THAT I HAVE MET
A MOST UNIQUE COMBINATION,
THE PERFECT ANGEL FROM ABOVE.

HERBERT HOLZBAUER ©December 25th 1999