Alpha Beta Chapter
In Memory of Julie Swengel
I've Seen an Angel
I sat amongst the rubble
Of a life that seemed unfair,
I felt my spirit fleeing
To a pit of great despair.
Then an angel softly
called
With a voice so fair and sweet,
She asked me of my sadness,
And the cause of my defeat.
'Twas difficult to answer
But the voice was very kind,
And patiently she waited
'Til my problems I outlined.
An understanding wisdom
She sought gently to impart,
With sweet words of sympathy
She began to reach my heart.
The loving angel touched
me
As she wiped away a tear,
And in that very moment
Divine music I could hear.
Raising my eyes to see
her,
I looked full upon her face,
Melancholy clouds dispersed
Leaving not a single trace.
The luster of purest gold
Had been borrowed for her hair,
Scintillation of the stars
Is also revealed there.
Residing in laughing eyes
Is the sparkle from a brook.
My thumping heart was melting
As she proffered me a look.
I've seen glorious
sunsets,
Oranges, purples, pinks, and reds,
Lovely flowers in gardens
Mountain lakes and river beds.
But now I've seen an angel
All the others I would trade,
In the beauty of her grace,
They simply start to fade.
I do not know the future,
But this prayer I've now begun:
Would this angel be with me
'Til my life on earth is done.