Where Angels Sleep

We tread on land where angels sleep
when in our hearts it is we weep
for things we do not know

pure knowledge is elusive bliss
a deftly planted rare, sweet kiss
from the lips, an angelÕs whisper

off into the world I go day by day
wearing armor to shield me true
from those who know not what they do.

ø Eric Walton, St. Paul, Minn.


a world away are we
things that might have been
now might they never be?
what once we thought was Heaven sent
now a world away are we

in shiftless moods the fogs descend
fast lives filled with such subtleties
do we understand or do we pretend?
when a world away are we

thoughts fractured by perception
leave us treasured shards of memories
reality's masterpiece or just deception?
when a world away are we.

life will try its best to humble us
up until the very day
in an epiphany we realize
that we're not a world away.

ø Eric Walton, St. Paul, Minn.

JUNE 2004


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