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“Angel of Mine”

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“Angel of Mine”

Angel of mine. You took me under your wing and taught me all that you know. To continue your work, you recently confessed that you chose me a long time ago.

Angel of mine. Life dealt you a deathblow. From this earth, you have departed. I don’t know why, but you have placed your trust in me and you have blessed me with the task to finish what you have started.

You kept me company as long as you could. Oh, how I miss you Angel of Mine. As if asking for my permission, you left once I said, “It’s ok. I’m up for the task. I will be fine.”

“Angel Rojo”

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“Angel Rojo”

“Angel Rojo”

Vestida de rojo, a mi se acerco para calmar mi enojo. Sin conocerme, me dijo muchas verdades. Con claridad, me informo las intenciones de mis amistades. Ella era un angel vestida de rojo. Me dijo la razón por la cual mi novia de mi se alejo. Respire profundo, y en ese momento, decidí que jamas me volverán a ver la cara de pendejo.

“Smarter Now”

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“Smarter Now”

As time passes, I become older and wiser. Some say I am over the hill. If they only knew my story. In order to survive and the reason I am here, I had to stop counting the number of times I had to kill.

I am smarter now. To leave that life behind, my decisions in the now became seemingly harder. After many years of emotional struggle and thousands of horrible nightmares, my decisions in the now are much smarter.

I am smarter now. My new choices and decisions, although difficult, were necessary to pull me away from the life of senseless killings. With time, I traded those for long and lonely nights as a security guard in a warehouse. It was there, on the day I planned to take my own life, that I met an angel, the wonderful woman who is now my wife.

As I play with my children, I often think of that warehouse. I give daily thanks to the angel who sent me my spouse. Today, I’m blessed with a beautiful family. To be the best husband and father I can be, I often do things that my previous family would consider unmanly. I am smarter now.

An Angel in Red

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My heart ached this morning as I watched a beautiful young child, an angel dressed in red, mimic the words, tone, and mannerisms of the person who is supposed to set examples for angels like him. Here, I will refer to this person as the devil.

The angel stood out. He was dressed in red. Surrounded by five family members, he seemed happy and full of joy. Every once in a while, I would observe a beautiful smile radiating from this angel and my heart ached less.

The devil’s words were mean and ill intended. Everyone present felt them cut through the energy in the room like a hot knife cuts through butter. All the while, the beautiful angel continues to imitate this devil. Based on the actions and attitudes of the other four family members, it was obvious to me that all of this seemed perfectly normal. Not one of them said one word. Instead, one insisted on catering to and pleasing the devil, which quickly proved impossible.

Not necessarily worth mentioning, but the devil in this real life story was wearing white. Ironic? Are your angels imitating you?