The Forgotten One
by Shawn Smith- June 15, 2007
No one will sing the praises
of he who cries alone
No one will speak of tempests
raging daily in his soul
No one will cry out "hero"
conquering enemies obscure
No one will know the suffering
that he daily must endure
No one will compose eulogies
of great things he has done
Or mention him in poetry
with clever words of pun
No one will sing of beauty
that he projected to the world
No one will write with eloquence
of his glory left unfurled
No one will write their doctorate
on his life and times
No one will talk of his influence
and how he reproduced his kind
No one will think to quote him
for his words of wit
No one will ever notice
all the lines that he has writ
No one will follow him in death
he must go there alone
No one will write long epics
of the battles he has won