When An Angel Speaks

Indya Barker 1985 (Roanoke)



When prompted, I bound heaven and earth
I went a bit further than you asked me to
That's how I chose to give birth
When the channels in other people open up around me
I hear the angels speaking
And you lead a path straight to me
You chose light and darkness
To test the weak and strong
I'm no longer grounded
In the sky where I belong
It took awhile to teach me
I'm rough around the edges
I keep looking for my home
While you trim the hedges
You think I know who you are
But I don't want to admit
Why does it matter?
If you don't want to commit
You lead me back and forth
The lit and dangerous peaks
Plucking every string of my heart
Listening to an angel speak
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Submitted on March 11, 2021

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Scheme ABACDCEFGFCHIJKLMLNOPQ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 641
Words 135
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22

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