The Hero That Never Came

The Hero That Never Came

 

 

Dream of the knight that you think is coming,

wait for the hero you think you deserve.

Watch all the clocks ‘til it seems they’re not running

and drown in the days that are all full of hurt.

Plan out a dream with the lives that create them,

as you wait for the life your dreams are about,

with all of your sorrows, try not to relate them,

as they interlock with hopes that are shadowed by doubt.

Wait by the door thinking that you’ll be rescued,

watching out for a prince that said you’d be saved,

get broken by the one you gave all your best to,

when you see that your hero, well he never came.

Fell the numbing that you are alone now

and know in the end you were alone all along.

Collapse at the thought that you have lost somehow,

when you tried to stay brave when he wasn’t strong.

Now beg to the heavens to let your heart heal

from this mess of a hero who never came.

Accept being alone was the only thing real,

in this fairytale prince and the dream full of pain.

Devon Volkel