the abyss means...

To homeless children sleeping on the street, neon is as comforting as a night-light. Angels love colored light too. After nightfall in downtown Miami, they nibble on the NationsBank building -- always drenched in a green, pink, or golden glow. "They eat light so they can fly," eight-year-old Andre tells the children sitting on the patio of the Salvation Army's emergency shelter on NW 38th Street. Andre explains that the angels hide in the building while they study battle maps. "There's a lot of killing going on in Miami," he says. "You want to fight, want to learn how to live, you got to learn the secret stories."

My friend sent me an incredible link about the stories told by homeless children in Miami. They have created a mythology of their own, explaining a world in which life is far harder than it should be.

According to the their tales, Satan launched a surprise attack on God's palace and he is now on the run. Angels like the Blue Lady try to protect the children from demons like La Llorona (the Crying Woman) that even Satan is terrified of.

I've read books with similar themes, but none of them have managed the power of these stories. What sort of world do we live in when children in America are unable to conceive of a power strong enough to hold back the devil and the evil that follows him? Some of these stories are now being filmed by Disney with Clive Barker producing. I hope they don't ruin them.

The demons' gateways from Hell include abandoned refrigerators, mirrors, Ghost Town (the nickname shelter children have for a cemetery somewhere in Dade County), and Jeep Cherokees with "black windows."

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