Heath Ledger

He was an actor, that's what he wanted to be

Not a heartthrob, not just eye candy

He was a knight, a skateboarded, a patriot

Name the hardest role you can, he could do it


He showed how deep he could be

By becoming an Oscar nominee

In Brokeback Mountain he pushed the envelope

When he played a gay man trying to cope


He had so many roles, portrayed so many characters

Like in The Order when he solved mysterious murders

Soon Batman will know him as a villain

He burst on the screen as the legendary Bob Dylan


He is the James Dean of my time

What I can do for him now is give him this rhyme

To show that this man earned my respect

You'll be hearing about him for years I expect


He'll be remembered; a knight, a soldier, a villain, a folk singer

His face on the screen will forever linger