Fallen Angel

I used to be

An angel.

Don't laugh!

I've fallen far.

I used to have

Wings.

White as snow

And six feet across

And beautiful.

I used to soar

Across the heavens

Hand in hand

With the other

Angels

And with

God.

God is beautiful.

But then I

Looked away from

His face.

I said, there is

Something else.

Something...

Better.

More beautiful.

He warned me.

He said child

Don't go there.

I knew better.

So I flew high.

Higher than the other

Angels.

I soared higher

I touched God's face.

God is beautiful.

But I reacher higher

And God said

There is none higher.

And God clipped

My wings.

My snow white wings.

And I tumbled down

Down past the other

Angels

Down further even

I fell...forever.

Until God said

Stop!

And I landed.

And I looked.

And I saw

Darkness.

And God said

You could have been

Beautiful.

But now you'll never

See beauty again.

I used to have

Wings.

I used to be

An angel.