There was a soldier I once knew
He was a strong man in camo
He would tell me stories till I sleep
And he would sleep beside me

Every morning at 7 am
Bacon and eggs and juice on the table with him
Then he would go to work
And I would work with my Xbox

Then at lunch he would call me
And ask me if I am fine
I would say "yes, sir"
And he would tell me he's coming home late

Then one day he told me he's going to the battlefield
I told him to stay with me so he won't die
But he said he's doing it for the country
And he left me with tears streaming down on my face

As he left me for the battlefield
I would pray to God to let him live
And hoped for my prayer to be answered
As I wait day after day

Then the unexpected happened
There was a military soldier who knew me from my favorite soldier
He gave me a letter with folded marks on it
And it said that he was killed in action

I was in deep grief and pain
He was my hero from the start
And when I heard he was killed in action
I started to cry in my room

His funeral was not far from where I live
As I went in the room where his casket was
Everybody approached me and gave me condolences
And I would accept that he sacrificed his life for me and the country

And as we are going to his burial
We all mourned for it
As he entered his grave
I mourned the most

He was one of my greatest figures I looked up to
And now that I know he will never come back
I would always remind myself
That he is my hero from this point onwards