MALEVOLENCE (The humanity)

This is the fourth poem in the Aliferous series. Malevolence is about the humanity in the villain.

The hero had begun to lose his mind

The villain saw him falling behind

If he would run for a few hours more

He would outrun the hero for sure

He never thought he would be so torn

Between freedom and an annoying thorn

 

He had never seen himself looking for this lath

But he found himself retracing his path

A heart that everyone thought he had lost

Came out of hiding with a vengeance, a cost

If the hero caught him he would pay with his life

A few painful wounds from a tucked away knife

 

He saw the shiny things as he approached the fiend

He shivered slightly as the hero’s wounds he cleaned

His precious stack of medicines he handed over

Along with his very lucky four leaf clover

As before his chance of survival looked less than slim

And the hero needed a little more luck tha]’n him

 

He bought him a little time till his people could arrive

After all it was not that long and rough a drive

And slowly the villain started to back away

He was not going to be dumb enough to stay

And the villain became the hero of the hero’s story

And the hero gave up his chase and his glory.