Christophe/The Gargoyle
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In a long-ago time, when long ago peoples | ||
were building cathedrals and raising up steeples, | ||
they crafted stone creatures and set them on perches | ||
to guard and protect and watch over the churches. | ||
So gargoyles were born, and they stood night and day, | ||
keeping evil and terrible spirits away. | ||
And ne'er was a creature so true and so loyal | ||
as the watchful, courageous, and fearless gargoyle. | ||
But the years came and went, and the people did, too. | ||
and in time, they forgot what their ancestors knew. | ||
and whenever they passed by the gargoyles' lairs, | ||
they trembled in fear at the gargoyles' stares. | ||
And as time went along, people's fear turned to spite, | ||
and they sneered and they cursed at the guardians of night: | ||
"demons!" they grumbled -- "grotesque!" and "horrid!" | ||
"those beasts don't belong on the house of the lord!" | ||
When the gargoyles heard these words that were spoken, | ||
their stony old hearts became crumbled and broken. | ||
Then storms rumbled in, and their eyes filled with rain, | ||
and in stillness they stayed, alone and in pain. | ||
But as it so happened, some angels were near, | ||
and heeding the grief of a gargoyle's tear, | ||
they each fluttered down from the heavens on high | ||
to sit with the gargoyles beneath thundering skies. | ||
Now, angels have ways of making things right, | ||
so they stayed with the gargoyles all through the night. | ||
Patting their heads and wiping their tears | ||
and whispering life into gargoyle ears. | ||
And soon all the gargoyles did magical things: | ||
They gurgled and coughed and shook out their wings. | ||
then together the angels and gargoyles took flight, | ||
And they soared through the clouds on a blustery night. | ||
And while over pastures and hills they were winging, | ||
the voices of angels were radiantly singing | ||
Music of healing and songs of rebirth | ||
to all of the creatures in all of the earth: | ||
"God bless the rain, and the storm clouds that bring it. | ||
God bless the music, and the voices that sing it. | ||
God bless the ones who sing everything wrong. | ||
God bless the creatures who do not belong. | ||
God bless the hearts and the souls who are grieving | ||
for those who have left, and for those who are leaving. | ||
God bless each perishing body and mind, | ||
God bless all creatures remaining behind. | ||
God bless the dreamers whose dreams have awoken. | ||
God bless the lovers whose hearts have been broken. | ||
God bless each soul that is tortured and taunted, | ||
God bless all creatures alone and unwanted." | ||
And the gargoyles beheld wherever they roamed | ||
that the souls of the lost weren't really alone. | ||
Each one had an angel, each one was protected, | ||
and each one was cherished and loved and respected. | ||
And so it is true with the gargoyles this day, | ||
for all of the angels who love them have stayed. | ||
Together they wait until days become nights, | ||
to embark on their dark and most glorious flights. | _ | |
So if you see shapes in the night sky, don't fear -- | ||
for it simply means angels and gargoyles are near! | ||
Guarding the earth with their gentle night call: | ||
God bless the gargoyles. God bless us all." |