I’ve Seen the Angels Cry

Remembering one of the emails that made rounds after 9/11/01…this was one of my favorites!

I've Seen the Angels Cry
 

I have always thought that angels

wore halos and wings of white,

But now I find they wear hard hats

and black coats with yellow stripes.
                                  

The angels, in my mind,

wore long flowing gowns of white,

But now I see dark pants and shirts

and badges shining bright.
 

And angels always floated,

with bare feet above the ground
Not true!.

For they wear steel toed boots

and go where death is found.
                       

Not all angels have smooth hands

that look and feel like porcelain,
Some angels have torn gloves

with cuts and burns upon their skin.
 

I once thought all angels glowed

from heavens shining light,
I now see angels cutting steel

Their torches shining bright.

 

And while these earthly angels

passed buckets of debris,

The angels up in heaven

looked down on bended knee.

 

So while the smoke was rising

high into the sky,
I watched the rescue workers weep,

I've seen the angels cry.