Glass Angel
An elegy for my friend Nancy Alessandroni Carolan
I gave away the last of my glass angels
thinking there would always be time
to gather another from your trove
made for each soul shattered
when monsters menaced the 911 sky
battling your own monsters
you bathed in
sand, sea… and fantasy
opening for love
light and art
cutting a CD,
collecting sea glass and shells
crafting light catching fish and angels
never tethered by reality -
soaring beyond mundane
making magic in ovens and gardens
that most ferocious fiend, cancer,
couldn’t easily snatch you -
besting that devil
you got to see all your
sons wed, grandchildren born
knowing your legacy lives on
I kept the glass fish, Nan,
it swims in the clouds
with you, my glass angel
©2014 Susan Schaefer
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