Mary angels always surround you Jude. A gentle poem, an angelic glimpse of love.

a wonderful pen, touches the heart. love from a distance represented well.

sounds like love to me Robert, good one. Hey I've been wondering about using your old name Robert, since you no longer use it, what is up, man if I had a nice name like Robert I'd use it all the time. It took me years to get use to Grady. Maybe because of all the picking when I was a kid, they use to call me shady Grady, Sanford & Son and even some worse. Anyway that part of life is over, I love my name now, take care

whether apart and alone,you are always surrounded by the love of your angels Jude...precious poem;-) love the title too!

There once was a great fascination with detached love. The poet Dante was said to have fallen head over heals in love with a woman he had only seen at a distance. And never actually met. He included her name in some of his greatest works.

"even though we're apart and alone"

Still for some reason these last parting words seem very sad.

Beautiful description of a relationship with an Angel.

She seems a bit lonely, herself.

Ron

Jude,
I'm always amazed at how many people there are in the world, but many of us are still lonely. Goes to show that we all are more like each other than not. Hugs,
Sheila

alone is where I live these days. Seems like I need to find me an angel to keep me company.

Ragno Donna

I agree with Kate. lol

being above is now below
but i am around everything inside

…to me this is a beautiful follow-on from your last poem, shelter, Jude. By my interpretation in that context, it speaks of your Hero of Zero who is without, within and with whom your relationship is mutually shielding and protective: feathery, amorphous yet so substantial in power and potency that she fills your arms notwithstanding whatever forms of space and distance might seek to intervene. It feels like a postcard you may have written of self and sent from heaven to earth to keep you going through dark days. It also calls to my mind the persona of the subject of a beautiful recent poem by Darkest Angel, Your Dance, for some reason. And Amber is absolutely spot-on with her observations: love is a heat-seeking missile or the force of many waters returning to its source and that’s why and what we so thirst in this life. It can’t be denied that our myriad thoughts are intricately woven into the continuum of fabric that is all our shining minds, clothing our souls with a refining fire. I’ll send you a song by Emily Maguire, one of my favourite “local” singer-songwriters, in honour of all your angels however, wherever they are found or, indeed, seemingly lost. Each of them speaks to you of Home – that place where ultimately no one will be apart or alone.

One of my enduring, favourite themes for certain sure, Kartero, and a City Of Angels write if ever there was one! And the fall in tone of that strong, singled-out non-rhyming “alone” really echoes and resonates, emphasising the “clang”. Now I’m all angelled-up, I’m away and inspired to some gloom-dispelling whimsy of my own! Thanks!:)) xx

Read it more than once and appreciate the sentiments you express so vividly here. J'nia

Jude, we need the light, the wisdom the love, the ability to comprehend what our "loneliest angels" provide. Why are we such men of ideals just and fair, tossed away with foolish pride and ignorance? May we awaken to utilize our intellect in a manner consistant with the souls we bear. May love and peace be with you my friend. Jon Michael

Yes even angels must alit to earth once in a while for is not there mission to love and help those on earth...
fee

Just beautiful!!

Love Tinka

I've had a lonely angel a time or two in my life....and occasionally, she comes back to visit. Beautifully expressed poetry.

Juice Newton's Angel of the Morning comes to mind, Sarah McLaughlin's In the Arms of an Angel, Willie Nelson's Angel Flying too Close to the Ground...they're all good angel songs, but I love the thought of Moonstone Angel...she's a lovely angel...

s

i enjoy this as i do all your work-very well expressed

Rumi believes that perhaps we are not the seekers but the sought after. We always tend to be looking for someone or something, but in reality that someone or something is really looking for us.

Profound piece of poetry as always, you touch me with your words, and uplift me with your spirit.

From one lonely soul to another, it is only a moment away to happiness.

Much peace, light, and love,
Amber

I don't have a lonliest angel these days and the only time I ever felt that kind of loneliness was when I was with someone; it is horrible to be lonely and not even be alone. Nice of you to pen an ode to your lonliest angel, Jude.
Take care,
Sherry

awe...very sweet acknowledgment of your angel

It takes a lonely person to attract the "loneliest angel." I am well aware of that angel, she stayed by my side for many years. She left when I decided to be happy. She is back again. Hope you like the book.

This 'loneliest angel' resides within a complex mind and Jude's unique heart.

John

this begs the question then in the reader's mind, why do we habitually turn away from the light or good orderly direction? maybe it's the schizoid nature of our DNA construction, one lost half searching for the other. or some dark, atavistic streak which hums away in the background and gently nudges us off course. but, the light is always there if it is sought. that's the funny thing. we only need to seek, never find. it is in the seeking where things are revealed. and hey, if she's lonely, you know, send out here for a bit. i'm open next friday:=)

Loyal spirits. Hard to describe and even harder to find and keep. Thanks for sharing this perplexing world even for an angel.