What a fantastic post. I love the way you examine your shift in and out of a cult-community. I don't think I've seen anyone else write about it like this before.
I suspect the poem is referencing Wim Wenders’ film, Wings of Desire, about an angel watching over divided Berlin who falls in love with a trapeze artist and decides to become human. With the late great Bruno Ganz.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It must have been isolating and saddening at the time. And I hope you never have to go through that again. It is nice to see you back here!
What a fantastic post. I love the way you examine your shift in and out of a cult-community. I don't think I've seen anyone else write about it like this before.
I suspect the poem is referencing Wim Wenders’ film, Wings of Desire, about an angel watching over divided Berlin who falls in love with a trapeze artist and decides to become human. With the late great Bruno Ganz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iAzYofuItM
Recently re-released:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jun/22/wings-of-desire-review-wim-wenders-elegiac-hymn-to-a-broken-cold-war-berlin
Contains poetry by Peter Handke, who was one of the screenwriters. His “Song of Childhood” is here:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wings_of_Desire
Thank you for sharing your experience. It must have been isolating and saddening at the time. And I hope you never have to go through that again. It is nice to see you back here!