Escapee

Had I been a hero, I would have said,

Amongst the dead, heroically I would have laid,

From the darkness of today, I see a light,

Wretchedness drying away, fading out of sight,

Far away I see an orphan, an orphan as small as five,

Learning survival, doing tricks and mastering the knife,

Armored to the hilt, and deep in my thought,

Reckon who was me, and what had I sought

Never was I brave, and never was I wise,

Never to me was said something nice,

Ridiculed and laughed upon, was so very me,

So I dreamt of a death to make me set free,

In the midst of battle, I lost my nerve,

Fled from the battle and from the army I did serve,

Never was I a hero, never would I have so said,

Amongst the dead, never ever would i have laid.