The Last Samurai Poem
The Great Captain Nathan Algren
Was a warrior in great denial
For what he did in his past was because
Of his commander with a mind so vile
He was sent on a ship to Japan
Sleeping in a room like a smelly den
He was given a job with good pay
To train the emperors army men
No sooner had he arrived
Then a battle had begun
He was captured in the end
Under the rising sun
Strangely these people touched his soul
In this beautiful and peaceful place
And Nathan stayed an entire year
For their culture had given him a sweet embrace
As he left with his new companions
He wouldn't know what he was about to see
As the general of the emperor
Had fully trained the emperor's army
As he realised the truth
To the samurai a message he did send
As he arrived back to the village on his horse
He promised to stay with them to the end
About a fortnight after
The emperor's army came
And even the samurai knew
After that nothing would ever be the same
Men were killed on both sides
It was katanas verses guns
All the samurai were taken down
Until Katsumuto and Nathan were the only ones
As Nathan killed his friend as his dying wish
He shouted out his sorrow in a great cry
The soldiers bowed down to him in honour
For he was the last samurai
He then rode his horse to Tokyo
Thinking of how he had finally killed his sick commander.
As he rode off to the palace
To give something to the emperor
As Nathan finished walking down the carpet
To the emperor he knelt down and bowed his head
Then he said "I won't tell you how Katsumuto died.
I'll tell you how he lived instead"