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I need the wagtail


I need wings,because I was meant to fly.

Wings to remind me for what I will fight

How far I can fall, but will continue to try.

They say I have a small body and I shouldn't believe

A little wagtail they say, "What more could you be?"

No matter how broken I now may seem

And if the world sees me as tiny and weak

I'll spread my wings, my ideas, I'll rise

I'll change the world, to make it shine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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chrysacat
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">I need wings,because I was meant to fly.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">Wings to remind me for what I will fight</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">How far I can fall, but will continue to try.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">They say I have a small body and I shouldn&#39;t believe</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">A little wagtail they say, &quot;What more could you be?&quot;</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">No matter how broken I now may seem</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">And if the world sees me as tiny and weak</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">I&#39;ll spread my wings, my ideas, I&#39;ll rise</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">I&#39;ll change the world, to make it shine.</p>
chrysacat
<p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Ainu are a minority Japanese people who live in Hokkaido, the northernmost </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">island of Japan. In their creation tale, the wagtail acts a </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">servant of Kamui, the creator god. The wagtail is a cute little seaside bird who&#39;s </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">generally viewed as tiny, weak, and even crippled. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">But it&#39;s faithful and does its work despite being such </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">a poor little thing, eventually even physically creating</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">the land all by it&#39;s little self. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Basically, the wagtail is representative of something or someone </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">who is not strong themselves, but through its giving heart </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">manages to help others a great deal.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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