Hero

Who is a Hero?

 

Hero

 

Look now o man

And see if you can

From whence they hero came

And to whence he might go

Does one dare to play this role?

Not I, Not You, Not I?

 

So whence shall come our hero

And what feat shall we ask of him?

What ocean has he not crossed

Or mountain has he not climbed?

Who Dares to Play this Role?

Not you, Not I, Not You?

 

Past our hero is now

Was one to last or just to pass?

When all others shall faint

Satan himself shall taint

Now Dare to Play this Role?

Shall I, Not you, Shall we?

 

Teamed with metal and might

Shall one man face Death and laugh?

Set the sythe aside, shove it away and defeat the beast?

Slower than the pack shall we run?

Watch him in his last full run to play this role.

Now one, now many, now none?

 

Far from home now alien soil

Many fall to man now known

His hate of killing

Tis wrong said he

Yet in this role

See I, See you, See few.

 

Where shall the next hero live?

On silver screen, or on smaller scale?

Battle field or streets of blood?

Lives to save or money to earn

See you in this role?

Not I, Not you, Not I.

 

 

 

Amazing feats may many men do

Though this world has past the trials of old.

A hero defined in silver and gold

A critic decides who is now the one

To whence we shall call

Not one, but many, not one.

 

Muscles, sweat, blood and courage raw in form

Are seen each day from within and without.

Yet these should be and yet we deny

That from a hero yet to has to die.

Sacrifice to be made, shall it be?

Not I, Not I, Not I?

 

The fights to kill and evil spawned

Yet speak true word and yet be dawned

From within concrete and steel

May be entombed

As once free to speak

Are we, Am I, Are you?

 

Under One were founded this land of free

Yet try express this freedom be

And find within the bowels of man

The strength to face from force to force

And now we seek once more the hero

You are, I am, We shall be.

 

Ye who silence the voice of truth

May yet define more laws of books

Yet stand beside that once same law

For freedom for you was once for all

Now Heroes shall stand once again tall

It is I, It is You, It is WE.

 

Reviews

[Reality]

I love the ending, its powerful and really brings together the meaning of the poem for the reader. The rhythm really gives the poem flavor and the use of swords and battles brings you back to the fight to be heroes and the tiring exhaustion at the end of everyday. Very well written and deep, I loved it :)

april