Azrael and the Renegade

Drop him! Azrael said,
It’s the way it has to be,
No! the other one responded,
I can’t do that to this baby.

It has to be done, Azrael added,
You know it has been commanded,
It’s my responsibility to do so, so,
It must be done as HE demanded.

The renegade angel stood at the edge of the cliff,
Child cradled in arms, he spread his wings,
He will become a great man you’ll see,
He will become more powerful than all earthly kings.

Azrael stood ready to strike them both down,
Or throw the child alive into the precipice,
But the renegade angel suddenly took flight,
For the child would one day serve his purpose.

So Azrael watched him fly away, child in hands,
That day he failed to do his duty and take control
But little Adolf would grow up to order mass genocide,
And that gave Azrael more work in taking souls.