Jack the Hero

It was a cold autumn evening
Outside filled with chill
It was dark there too
As the mayor was just killed

The street lamps were off
We felt the lack of light
Life was filled with sorrow
The world black and white

The city was quiet
Noone at the bar
People were exauhsted
By fighting in the war

I could imagine
A life with no prayer
Just couldn't see 
A city with no mayor

The land was not left with
A place for the needy
A place for the good
Just not the greedy

The only thing absent
Was a great fighter
This land was like
A cigarette with no lighter

Something was left
A very little hope
Which reminded me
Of a knot in a rope

A very brave hero
With the name of jack
He didn't put a difference 
between white and black

People were scared
But he was really steady
What i saw was a girl
Not crying for her teddy

The city was demolished
But he was still fighting
The people all felt that
The cigarette was lighting

A victory would be all
The citizens ever asked
Except the mayor was dead
Wasn't really lasted

When the time came
There was a blast
We all knew 
Our hope didn't last

It's time to say RIP
Not only to jack
But to all the soldiers
Who never came back
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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