Anniversary of Victories

A hero stands.

His heart does not falter

At the appearance of storms,

Cause he’s been thro it before.

He knows the ropes and invokes skill at every turn.

He’s like a poet who has mastered metaphor,

He is trained in the principal of reverse.

For a hero is he who has fought and lost 10,000 times;

He is that one who would rather throw in his all

Than consent to defeat, lay back and die.

A hero keeps on trying and trying and trying

Until he chances the golden anniversary of victories.

Akpan