The Good Angel- Rafael Alberti Poem by Tom Billsborough

One year I was asleep, when an unexpected
Someone stopped by my window.
"Rise up! " he shouted.
And my eyes saw feathers and swords
And behind these.
Mountains and seas, clouds, peaks and wings,
The sunset and the dawn.

"See her there with her dream full of nothing."
"Oh, flood of desire, firm marble, firm light,
Firm, moving waters of my soul."
Some said: "Rise up! "
And I found myself in your warm place.