THE ANGEL OF FLANDERS

In Flanders' fields, the poppies blow ~

an old, familiar phrase -

That was a war so long ago,

we can't picture it these days.

Still, every war is much the same

claiming life and limb

mothers of men, in the here and now

still pray at night for them.

There are angels on the battlefields

whether in desert, or fields of moss

angels that wear a brilliant red

and carry a heavy  cross;

they watch, and they wait and

then they appear

at the murmuring moment of loss.

© Christina 5-05 FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Red Cross of Flanders Painting by DeMorgan.

Awarded 5/25/2005

In Flanders' Fields sequenced by Barry Taylor