Hero For A Day Poem by Michael Koelliker

I am unique,
Just like everyone else.
Do I want to kill for you?
No, I only kill for myself

Under this sand
Buried in this time
I don’t see them here
Are you sure they weren’t mine

Now this is where I’ll stay
Thrown to the side
We’re used to kill your prey
And then be left behind
I am a Hero, but only for a day

We’re being picked off
One by One
Thinking to myself
Will I ever see my son?

I’m lying here
I’m the only one
Will I survive?
Or am I done?

Now this is where I’ll stay
Thrown to the side
We’re used to kill your prey
And than be left behind
I am a Hero, but only for a day

Finally coming home
Trying to seize the day
Mindless in my house
Do I really get a say?

“For the people”
What a lie
It’s what I live for
For what I die

Now this is where I’ll stay
Thrown to the side
We’re used to kill your prey
And than be left behind
I am a Hero, but only for a day

(12/23/2007)