*read the entire poem first. Than read every first line to the 4th stanza, second line to the 8th stanza, and so on. There are 4 stories of 4 different characters. See if you can spot them*
He was a young man
No one could understand
His skills are his master plan
He is hated by his clan
He loves God and to pray
Why must one act this way
To live from day to day
Thinking he went astray
Doing good is his favorite thing
Though he had the voice to sing
Pleasing all including the king
They tried to put him on a sling
People mocked at him
Girls left him on a whim
Never showed signs of grim
To destroy him or see him slim
Because of his background
He was mostly love by the town
No one was able to push him around
People seems to love his talent
The neighboring towns calls him Valent
A gay man with a warrior's gallant
It started off with his father
More skillful than any other
They decided to go after his mother
Now it is with the son
The wisest cannot do what he has done
To weaken him, they killed her with a gun
Yet he was never happy
They made his entire life crappy
All he wanted was to be himself
Displaying his shame on a shelf
He has never had a day of rest
He felt killing himself was the best
So he ran off and moved away
In this life, he was never meant to stay
He took his raffle from the wall
Walked all the way to the lake
Asked the Lord for forgiveness
And pulled the trigger©dav754
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