Will You Be My Angel

Will you be my angel?
by Lori Canlas

Will you be my angel?
Will you be the light that guides my way?
That will help me through another day;
Redirect me when I am lead astray,
And help me build a place to stay.

Will you be my angel?
When the earth thunders from under my feet;
And all I could feel is the simple patter of my heartbeat.
All that is left is molten clay.
Beneath it is where my crumbled home was laid.
Everything that brought meaning in my life is gone,
I am so enraged.
The blissful memories of a happy home-life I once relished are beginning to fade.
How can I make sense of these sudden occurrences?
It feels like an endless game of charades.

Will you be my angel?
And look deep into my eyes stinging with surmounted pain,
As I am surrounded by my brothers and sisters:
The poor and the lame.
As I fight the demons that suffocate me with despair,
All I need is somebody who is willing to share.
To share the time to help me find,
Hope in this disheveled wilderness.
My life is left in a state of confusion amongst this dilapidated mess.
All I could find in this former happy home of mine,
Is this cold and lifeless body that I caress?

Will you be my angel?
Will you be the light that guides my way?
That will help me through another day;
Redirect me when I am lead astray,
And help me build a place to stay.

Will you be my angel?


Lori Anne Canlas is the Youth Formation Head for GK Youth Build (www.gkyouthbuild.org) and was touched by the first among the trilogy of GK movies, “Paraiso” which was co-presented by GK Youth Build and FSAT/U of T last September 29, 2007. This poem is inspired by the many youth that are among the poorest of the poor in the Philippines and who Lori herself saw first hand when she visited GK Villages in Metro Manila and Quezon.