07.29.12
a hero is born
always in the face
of humanity's darkness

who was the hero tonight?
was it the man
           who crawled across a row of seats
           to shield a child with his body
or is it the dozens
           who lost their lives in sacrifice
or is the hero
in the end
the one who won what he came to win

           the chaos of a knight
           a place in infamy untouchable
           a name without a person's face
who made us lose as much as he had to gain
before successfully vanishing into the dark