half right / half life:Ā take in the measure of a hero,Ā addĀ GRIEFĀ to serve.Ā what do you remember?Ā little boy,Ā little boy,Ā screamingĀ for attentionĀ (Ā forĀ familyĀ ).Ā HOKAGE!Ā a blur between childhood and the wrath of war,Ā promisingĀ everything,Ā willing to dieĀ (Ā forĀ nothingĀ ).Ā you know the story nowĀ Ā Ā Ā the curse ofĀ HATRED,Ā locked inside a fragile newborn cage;Ā cast asideĀ /Ā belittledĀ /Ā beaten,Ā calling out for someoneĀ (Ā anyone!Ā )Ā to welcome himĀ home.Ā your life,Ā a storied state of bliss:Ā did you never think of theĀ LONELINESSĀ just outside your door?Ā hokage,Ā hokageĀ Ā Ā Ā the village canāt ignore him then.Ā child soldier,Ā made a weaponĀ /Ā turned upon the enemy andĀ unleashed;Ā somehow,Ā despite it all,Ā he makes itĀ through.Ā hellhoundĀ /Ā HERO,Ā the one and only!Ā you watch his rise,Ā the divine ascentĀ Ā Ā Ā who knew you would be witness to the fall?
Ā Ā Ā Ā āĀ donāt talk like that!Ā āĀ deathĀ /Ā destruction:Ā if you fall,Ā itās into theĀ ABYSS.Ā comrades as corpsesĀ (Ā is this battlefield your funeral pyre?Ā )Ā steady,Ā steady:Ā you held his beating heart within your hand and swore youād breatheĀ lifeĀ into him,Ā once again.Ā Ā ā i wonāt let you die!Ā āĀ that dream of yoursĀ Ā Ā !Ā once,Ā with nothing to lose,Ā you thought to sacrifice for the boy who criedĀ HOKAGE;Ā now,Ā youāre willing to stake itĀ all.Ā Ā ā iāll bring you backĀ Ā Ā Ā i donāt care what it takes!Ā youāre going to winĀ ...Ā youĀ needĀ to win!Ā and youāll become hokage!Ā Ā ā
so it is:Ā when the battle endsĀ /Ā when the war is overĀ Ā Ā Ā in the silence,Ā youāll fall upon his shoulder,Ā andĀ WEEP.Ā together,Ā lost childrenĀ (Ā and you were so muchĀ younger,Ā yesterdayĀ )Ā turned intoĀ HEROESĀ Ā Ā Ā when the battle ends.Ā this is the story:Ā he falters,Ā stumbles,Ā trips and falls,Ā and you haul him to his feetĀ again.Ā failure?Ā doesnāt he see?Ā if ever a man deserved to beĀ IMMORTALIZEDĀ into a mountain,Ā it was the one whoĀ movedĀ them.Ā Ā Ā /Ā @alightsunĀ &Ā prompts
