Fight your battles

And fight them well

Courage and honor

Accompanied by sword and shield

The protection offered 

The lives given 

And sacrifices made

Return a hero 

Back from a quest

With fame 

Fortune 

And other things

Living life in comfort

With 

Nothing left to wish for

No hope to hope for

No acts of bravery to display

A forgotten figurehead

A hero short of heroism 

Fallacy festers

Rumors spread

Reputation shattered 

No more comfort

Though a sense of purpose resurfaces

Life is far more entertaining

When there are goals to be met

Excitement creeps up and surrounds

Overwhelming senses

The previously lost feeling

Returns

Day by day

A tad bit happier 

Day by day 

Better than the one before

Day by day my time passed

And I’m soon to breathe my last