One day while walking along
I came upon and old man
singing a song

he sang of his life
and the many things he'd done
he sang of his wife
and how she was gone

I listened to him
with a young open heart
and a thoughtful mind
and knew deep inside
That this I would find

I would know joy
that surpasses all knowledge
I would know love
yet all in due time
after all, I'm still young

I later went home
and thought of the man
I went to bed wondering
if he could lend me a hand

The next morning I woke
and tried to find him
then I came upon an old guitar
broken by the tree.

I looked at the chair
where I knew he had sat
but the chair was old
and next to the tree rotted

I sat for awhile
trying to figure out what happened
and saw on the chair a message

it was carved so clearly
I could not mistake it
"I hope you learn from my life
and don't make the mistake
know that I'm in heaven
smiling down
for the day you saw me
an Angel you had found."


Thanks Leah for writing a poem about wings   you inspired this...tho it sucks, haha.

*~*Love is the key that can unlock your happiness...to truly love, is to love yourself*~*

oh, WoW - Stace - I'm so happy I came back, and this was the first poem I read   I loved it

If I held a star everytyme
he made me smile,I'd have the
evening sky in my palm, if
one was removed for every tear
he caused, I'd be emptyhanded.