Inspiration: Sometimes angels arose from a wish for a friend. His mother had died a few years earlier and he was having a hard time getting back into life. The first line of the poem arose from somewhere deep within:
Sometimes angels have to remember to fly
Especially after we think parts of ourselves have died
Our wings get heavy
And fold in at an awkward bend…
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