Affirmation

One of mine...

Affirmation

-Tasha Seegmiller

It looked like heaven, the snow

cleansing tumultuous world.

Scarlet sins,

erased, just as Isaiah said.

Sun slithers across the sky

such spotlessness is short;

society spoils celestial aspirations

following misguided light.

I rose from the water

the first time I found heaven.

Born, again, but this time

without the tears or the trauma,

protected by the strength and love of my

father’s hands.

Such perfection would guarantee

my entrance through St. Peter’s gates.

But I am human

imperfect, stained.

One among millions

who ruin innocence.

I found heaven once more,

Kneeling across an altar from

my best friend, he and I in perfect white

having heard from many

it’s never too late.

He tells me I’m an angel

One who guides his way -

but he is mine,

and I am his and we are unified.

Heaven isn’t solitary confinement,

unity is the governing principle

as Lucifer knows, or knew,

this world could have been. His

pride the ruler,

humility the slave

But that isn’t the way in heaven.

Once again, snowflakes merge

reminders of hope amid winter’s grasp.

Miniscule angels joined together

to gently make the earth,

if but for a moment,

pure.