Broken Wings Of Faith

Broken Wings Of Faith
© Surazeus
2026 05 23

If I could tell you the mysteries I saw 
while floating under water of the heart, 
and how far down the swift river of time 
I tumbled before I crawled back on land, 
then I would be the master of all truth 
who needs nothing more than insightful faith. 

Raguel wanders the country road of dust 
and pauses by the broken stone of trust 
when he sees oldest woman in the world 
in gray coat among flowers of bright red 
where she gathers berries from bush of fate 
which gives him strange feeling that he is late. 

Rebel angels wounded in brutal war 
crawl moaning from pain in valley of fear, 
so Raguel raises silver sword of faith 
to battle anguish of Gehinnom wraith 
who howls in rage at justice of time 
that scatters his soul at the porch-bell chime. 

Michael pauses during Weird Devil War 
to inquire with snarky sincerity 
what Raguel means when he talks about faith, 
but the Stoic Watcher stares into space 
and wonders if El even has a face, 
that wise old Father of Storm in the sky. 

Emerging from river of surreal dreams, 
Raguel stretches his body to the moon, 
wades on lush shore where scarlet poppies bloom, 
and dons white robe of his angelic rank, 
then lounges on platform of his sky ship 
while cherubim repair the silk balloon. 

Hanging from disk of his floating sky ship, 
powered by hot air in huge silk balloon, 
Raguel flies up from flat-top pyramid 
to patrol sprawling maze of city streets 
so people in gardens and markets look up 
and wave to Sky-Walker Angel in Heaven. 

When gang of thieves attack the caravan 
of wagons loaded with rich goods for trade, 
Raguel fires arrows of law from the sky, 
so they flee wrath of the angel in Heaven, 
and people on Earth praise the name of El 
who brings justice to honest citizens. 

Sharp arrow that Beelzebub fires in rage 
cuts rope from which hangs the Watcher in Heaven 
so Raguel falls on broken wings of faith 
and floats deep in the dark river of change, 
then wakes in my heart three thousand years later 
and prepares to enforce justice again.