"Why Not Choose An Angel?”

"G-d fills every inch of the world He created
With His Special Presence of goodness and light
Why would He have a need for anyone such as me
With no voids to be filled or darkness, made bright?

What if G-d purposely creates a certain space
For each person that He brings to this earth
Providing opportunity to individually live a life
Which He claims to be of inestimable worth?

Why not choose, instead, a Heavenly angel
Who never complains, makes excuses, or lies
And who obeys His words to absolute perfection
Without questioning Him with relentless “Whys”?

What if G-d specifically creates His obedient angels
To be without man’s ability to act on mere whim?
What if He hopes, in encountering life’s crossroads
That I will choose freely to make space for Him?"

Ellen Beth Berman Copyright © 2021