land across the green

in a land across the green
where nothing ever grew
save for the woody, dreary shrubs
and dullish flowers numbered few
in this land across the green
so dark and painted neutral
where all of all blended together
and life was nothing but a funeral
here in this land across the green
there loved but only one
one who did not mind the flatness
nor the never-showing sun
now this land across the green
where this one truly lived
he lived on solitude as sustenance
and loneliness made his crib
in this land across the green
this one loved to go a-walking
walking though the endless waste
and cartwheel like a burdened king
this land across the green
was this one's home so dear
and never would he ever leave it
e'en if the sky struck at his heart with fear
so in this land across the green
there never would be but just the one
and this one would not ever go
for here was he creatively spun
in this land across the green
as child this one had wept
for the tale that would never be
because of secrets that had been kept
out of this land across the green
emerged a champion strong and true
for ever had he vowed to keep
the colors in the brightest hue
but in this land across the green
there were vows that had been broken
and so broken yet beyond repair
that none could make right save for a hero fallen
and now in this land across the green
there no more a hero waits
to rise above and prove himself
to the most fickle changing fates
ever in the land across the green
shall this one be waiting for the day
when a hero shall strike up a bargain
and with the world's destiny play
but now in this land across the green
no one has yet been heard to sing
until the hero shall rise again
and a new life with him bring