The Angels in My Head

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser

I have angels in my head.

They teach me to be a better human

than I would be if left to this rather

awkward task alone.

They say things like:

Stop!

Look!

Listen!

Here, now!

They give me a chance. They nudge me

into re-membering that there is a difference

between living and existing. Things exist.

I want to do better than that.

Sometimes they quarrel.

Quarreling angels make for interesting

company. Sometimes, there is just so

much good, so much loveliness, so much

wonderment to be experienced that

these angels feel the need to fight

for my attention.

I think this is what it means to be blessed.

~ Jamie K. Reaser, Author

Published in "Conversations with Mary"

Winner of the Nautilus Book Award silver medal for poetry

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