Thames Angel

Neil Gracie
Apr 27
2 min read

After taking the car for an MOT, I was walking back home along a road parallel with the Thames estuary and was inspired by its sparkling panorama—plus the fact that a seer friend had seen an angel standing out over the estuary—so I felt inspired to write as follows …..

As I think of all the bloodshed

That’s happened through the centuries

The rugged tower of London

English monarchs and their enemies

It all now seems so far away

On this cherry blossom day

As I walk along the bank

Of the Thames

I look now to the left of me

And gaze upon the estuary

Sky blue of such intensity

The North Sea its destiny

So sparkling in its density

So thankful that its maker

Is my friend!

Like a pale blue velvet ribbon

A soft blue line on the horizon

No more the hostile rhythms

Now paragliders gliding

No longer the route to prison

Tied up victims gagged and gliding

I wonder if the blueness ever ends

I see now William the Conqueror

Rocking up on all his ships

Aggressive words of powerful

Invasion on his lips

Now families embarking

On sunny pleasure trips

Families with leisure time to spend

Then over all this scene

Stands a mighty angel

Towering in the sky

So powerful, so stable

A sign to all the city

Of the wonders God is able

To do with heaven’s armies

That he sends

I stand in awe and wonder

At just how many centuries

This warrior has been standing

Guarding this great estuary

This gate to the island

This supernatural sentry

Imposingly, impressively

It stands

So many books were written

Of characters so legendary

Artists badly bitten

By bullies that were predatory

But sitting by the river

Is bringing out the best of me

So peaceful sitting here

Just by the Thames