Josie Whitehead’s Poems

                 

                 

                 

                THE ANGEL LADY

                 

                By Josie Whitehead

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                As I sat upon a rock one day

                  And gazed across the shore

                The thunderous ocean flung its surf

                  Amidst its tumultuous roar.

                 

                A figure slowly came in sight –

                  A woman dressed in white -

                With flowing hair of chestnut

                  She was a vision of delight.

                 

                The clouds above cast shadows

                 Across the golden sand;

                Devilish sunbeams danced around

                 As if at her command.

                 

                I heard her voice, which rose and fell

                  And floated on the wind

                 “An angel would but sing as she

                  If the angels really sing.”

                 

                No one else could steal my heart

                  As she was stealing mine –

                With her strangely mystic movements

                  I felt completely lost in time.

                 

                And whilst the thought of angels

                  Flicked quickly through my head,

                My angel lady disappeared

                  And left an empty beach instead.

                 

                I searched the beach, eyes transfixed,

                  To see again this beauteous form,

                But all that was left of my lady fair

                  Were waves crashing in the storm.

                 

                Copyright 2007

                 

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