Daily Poem

HERO

From dragons breath and devils tongue
Was created a creature, a monster from hell
In the darkest of night one heard its fearsome sound
Was it friend or foe? Only time did tell
For thousands were slaughtered both daytime and night
From the break of dawn until the stars shone bright
And homes were destroyed, and villages burnt
And cities and countries were soon overturned
Many people tried to fight, and all but one failed
As down from the heavens, the destruction hailed
When our hero, a man, no more and no less
And not really brave, to this he confessed
The horse that he rode, a valiant steed
With sword in his hand, he had to succeed
Across fields and marshes, his foe he pursued
Days without water and days without food
All of his time to his quest he did give
With his family all dead, he’d no reason to live
Then out of the darkness the creature appeared
All of his thoughts of his life disappeared
And the creature struck, flashing its teeth
That bit through his chest and crushed bones deep beneath
And as his strength faded, his vision went black
As he prepared himself for the final attack
He remembered his sword in his hand at his side
He struck with all his strength and with anger he cried
‘creature from hell, you can not live, to see you die, my life I give’
As the blade bit deep, the creature bellowed in pain
And he struck with his sword again and again
Until at last the creatures bellows did cease
And the blackness was filled with an eternal peace
With his vision now fading, he took one last look
The creature lay near him, its body once shook
Then it moved no more and our hero he cried
With a tear in his eye, he smiled and he died
And the creature was burned the very next day
And the body of the man was buried, they say
There’s a cross where he rests and these words on his grave
‘here lies the unknown hero, silent and brave’

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