Fallen Angel

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="4efa11c3.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cantrell Family Website</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cantrell Family Website"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Fallen Angel </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="dee1a570.gif" border=0 width="282" height="343" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-3568/omd.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> She stood upon this pedestal,</div> <div> The essences of one man's dream.</div> <div> Watching him pass among the crowd,</div> <div> Her looks extraordinary, a rare extreme.</div> <div> ~~~~</div> <div> This dark raven Angel of beauty,</div> <div> Unlike any that went before her.</div> <div> Wings spread regal, molded for flight,</div> <div> Yet she was shy and demure.</div> <div> ~~~~</div> <div> Sometimes she caught him gazing,</div> <div> Upward, an attempt to transfer.</div> <div> The dark Angel into a mortal,</div> <div> Through his eyes he could conver.</div> <div> ~~~~</div> <div> How was she to reach him,</div> <div> Down to the streets far below.</div> <div> Was she really a statue of stone,</div> <div> Or could life through her flow.</div> <div> ~~~~</div> <div> There was only but one way,</div> <div> To release her of this bond.</div> <div> Shed her wings there on the plateau,</div> <div> Falling to the earth there beyond.</div> <div> ~~~~</div> <div> No fleeting thoughts she gave,</div> <div> As they fell away one at a time.</div> <div> All else held no importance,</div> <div> Just this man sublime.</div> <div> ~~~~</div> <div> Once the descent had begun,</div> <div> It was only the means to an ending.</div> <div> No turning back or retracing,</div> <div> The inevitable impending.</div> <div> ~~~~</div> <div> Her embrace held no warmth,</div> <div> He gathered there at her side.</div> <div> Placing her body against his heart,</div> <div> As she lay still in his arms, he cried.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POETRY"><U><IMG SRC="def96320.gif" border=0 width="150" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>