What is an Angel? (updated)

Now, what is an angel?

Standing so tall and proud?

Can they really fly,

or do they just sink and drown?

No, not by water, but through the air,

heavy, thick, and viscous,

weighed down by the sin floating there.

Is that why we never see them?

Maybe we're too blatant in our search,

looking solely towards the heavens

when really, they're here, on earth.

It's possible they're hidden among us,

trying to call for help;

their cries as fearful and desperate-

as a small creature, cornered by it's larger ilk.