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Ken's Song-- White-Winged Angel

When it began, it was all a game
Cops and robbers, good and bad
I was sure to win        
For my cause was right   
And my heart was pure   
But I had to play by the rules  
Or I would surely lose        
I had to be strong, I had to be firm  
Always show mercy, never be cruel  
I had to be noble, I had to be pure  
I had to be a white-winged angel                  
                                                  
They said, "Well, it won't be a game,             
do you want to do it anyway?"                     
I smiled and said sure
I didn't quite realize--
Oh, I knew there'd be hardship
but hardship isn't real
When you're only seventeen
So I took on the mantle
And willingly
I became a white-winged angel
Took the world on my back
Make everyone proud of me
I became a white-winged angel

He said, "This is not a game (brat),
Why do you do it anyway?"
I laughed in his face
I never answered
I never let him see
how the question had bothered me
How could I be a white-winged angel?
With the world on my back
How could I fly
And never fall?

For if I fall, the world falls with me
But my wings are so tired and weak
An angel never gets weak
And never gets tired
An angel's not human, so I cannot be
But human flesh and blood
Cannot long support
The wings of a white-winged angel

Since, I've learned that it's not a game
If I could, I'd give this burden away
Lose my father, lose my friends
Nearly lose my life
And yet I must stand unflinching and tall
For if not, the world must fall
Why'd I agree? Why'd I take on this burden?
A human can never be a white-winged angel
And yet I'm bound to be
I must be a white-winged angel

Now I know that it's not a game
But I have to do it anyway
I've got to try
Who could do it, if not for I
Who could be a white-winged angel
Who could be a white-winged angel
I've got to try
though I wish it could be    
anyone but I
I can't be a white-winged angel
I must be a white-winged angel
I've got to try
Who could do it, if not for I?
Who could be a white-winged angel
Who could be a white-winged angel...
-- 
Alara Rogers, Aleph Press