Fallen Hero
Those scars run deep,
So long have they been there
To remind you of what you've gone through.
I can't help.
Your heart of gold
Burnished by the smoke that is your life
And no one can carry this burden
No one can know what you know
You are the hero, the martyr, the saint
What else have you known?
All up to now, it's been black and white
What happens when you see gray?
When your world crashes in?
But you won't let me near
You tell me to go on my way
You have things to do
That do not involve me
Do you now how much that hurts?
And I watch you turn your back
On all that you know and love
Walking away into the desert.
How do you do that?
How do you survive without hurting others?
I always am amazed
By what you can do
On your own, without realizing your power,
Your skill, you do everything so cluelessly
You can't fool me any longer
Your surface is scarred
Just like below
But no on can see that
No other one knows.
The good guy falls down
And can't get back up
The peace-loving soldier
That carries on fighting,
But can't get past his training
Would rather hold a flower than a gun
Would rather watch a sunrise, than a fight
Would rather hold a kitten and than stick
But can't,
Not with the past
The present
The future
if something does not change
You know more than you let on
I see it in your eyes
The empty smile
Something must be done
About the hurt I can see inside
The injustice unfought
The battle left half way through
Completeness in suspension
You remind me of everything I see that I'm not
Why? How can it be so easy for you?
I will not leave
I'm coming too
You think you can run forever,
Even though you don't realize it
I watch you go
And realize, that my place is with you
In your crusade
We'll make a difference, and
Your wounds will heal in time.