Lollipop Cruise, Part 47: Alicia’s Death

He prayed & prayed… Alicia could still mend…

He couldn’t accept… that this was her end…

She’d risked her life… for what she believed…

A million man army… suddenly grieved.

The warmth of youth… suddenly turned to frost…

An enemy turned family… also wept from loss.

How could we lose her?… How could she go?

Why’d God do this? Does anyone know?

The doctors proclaim… “She’s gone I’m afraid…

She’s gone though we tried… ” Wails & moans… Wails and moans…

They gently lift her from the ground & lay her on the royal wagon’s floor..

Thousands kneel and join to pray…

In a slow low somber voice… Rabbi Stein proclaims…

“Bayyaddough… afkid roochkee… b’ays ishan v’o-iro…

V’yim roochkee… gaveeyassee… Adony lee… v’lo-iro.

Bayyaddough… afkid roochkee… b’ays ishan v’o-iro…

V’yim roochkee… gaveeyassee… Adony lee… v’lo-iro.

Satan lets General Ezrah translate the prayer for Mee Kah-El. As the wagon moves…

Ezrah’s hand rests firmly on Mee Kah-El’s shoulder, as the boy weeps & cries.

Mee Kah-El lays next to & hugs his love’s lifeless body.

He prays for a miracle. Ezrah translates Rabbi Stein’s prayer,

“Into His hand I shall entrust my spirit when I go to sleep--

And I shall awaken! With my spirit shall my body remain.

Hashem, my God, is with me… so I have no fear.”

“Alicia… Alicia… Please come back… Alicia… Alicia… Return to base…

Please Alicia… Please don’t go… I can’t go on without you…

Even if I could… I wouldn’t want to… I don’t want to live without you…

You make me see who I am… before I have a clue… I’d be nowhere near here…

If it weren’t for you… If you die--then I’ll die too.

Please don’t go… please don’t go… God please hear me… Don’t make her go.”

He prayed & prayed… Alicia could still mend…

He couldn’t accept… that this was her end…

She’d risked her life… for what she believed…

A million man army… suddenly grieved.

Over the hill top by the setting sun… a thousand feet away…

Euruura & Satan hover--wings fluttering in mid air…

One second they hold hands… The next one… they explode into glare.

The ground is rumbling… the earth is trembling…

Fissures are opening… gas and steam are erupting…

Hissing sounds… screeching sounds… darkness suddenly falls.

The animals that are one with Nature scream in horror…

They fear something worse than death… They shriek in dread.

Blinded by light… nobody can see…

The trembling has made everyone fall to the ground…

Fall to the ground… fall to the ground.

The shaking has made everyone fall to the ground… Nobody can get up.

Around a quaking world… his peeps hear Mee Kah-El repeatedly moan…

“Alicia… Alicia… Please come back… Alicia… Alicia… Return to base…

Please Alicia… Please don’t go… I can’t go on without you…

Even if I could… I wouldn’t want to… I don’t want to live without you…

You make me see who I am… before I’ve a clue…

I’d be nowhere near here… If it weren’t for you… If you die--then I’ll die too.”

He prayed & prayed… Alicia could still mend…

He couldn’t accept… that this was her end…

She’d risked her life… for what she believed…

A million man army… suddenly grieved.

He cried & pleaded… for one more chance…

But fate had sealed her… In eternal trance…

Her heart once strong… Now lost its pulse…

A million tears fell… like rain and dust.

He prayed & prayed… Alicia could still mend…

He couldn’t accept… that this was her end…

She’d risked her life… for what she believed…

A million man army… suddenly grieved.

Over the hill top by the setting sun… a thousand feet away…

Euruura & Satan hover--wings fluttering in mid air…

One second they hold hands… The next one… they explode into glare.

The ground is rumbling… the earth is trembling…

Fissures are opening… gas and steam are erupting…

Hissing sounds… screeching sounds… darkness suddenly falls.

The animals that are one with Nature scream in horror…

They fear something worse than death… They shriek in dread.

Blinded by light… nobody can see…

The trembling has made everyone fall to the ground…

Fall to the ground… fall to the ground.

The shaking has made everyone fall to the ground… Nobody can get up.

Around a quaking world… his peeps hear Mee Kah-El repeatedly moan…

“Alicia… Alicia… Please come back… Alicia… Alicia… Return to base…

Please Alicia… Please don’t go… I can’t go on without you…

Even if I could… I wouldn’t want to… I don’t want to live without you…

Please don’t go… Please don’t go… God… Please hear me… Don’t make her go.”

He prayed & prayed… Alicia could still mend…

He couldn’t accept… that this was her end…

She’d risked her life… for what she believed…

A million man army… suddenly grieved.