Ms. LeCren Grade - La Jolla High School

A Hero’s Poem
Follow your dreams,
And always your heart,
Don’t completly believe
Right at the start.
Allow to be carried,
Like words on the wind,
Allow dreams to be shelved,
But never be binned.
Child of the gods,
With power to spare,
Such of the like
Must always take care
Love be your weapon,
Loyalty your shield,
Lies be the secret
To your Achilles heel.
Skywards be looking
For dreams after conquest,
And always be seeking
The next greatest contest.
Should the skies be clouded,
The heavens silent,
Follow the points
Of Poseidons great trident.
The gift of wisdom
Given by Athena
Is the stepping-stone needed
To leave this arena.
Once the seas have been cleansed,
And the trident’s receded,
For the next step ignore,
Warnings previously heeded.
The fires of Hades,
With flames everlasting,
Crossing the Styx
Cerberus’s roars a-blasting.
Confronting the darkness,
Dealing with dead,
Hades will put
A price on your head.
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Should the hero be blessed,
And the darkness defeated,
Head to the place
Where great Hercules competed.
The Nemean Lion,
A great Manticore,
Only the bravest can face
The blood and the gore.
The 12 trials passed,
Apollos chariot to the west,
The hero proves himself
Worthy this test.
The burden of Atlas,
Keeping the heavens above
Never free to cry,
Laugh, live, or love.
Accepting the weight
Of the great Titans prison
Is something that only
The kindest can vision.
If our hero can manage,
And Atlas return,
A last chance at freedom
The Titan will yearn.
Trick him back
Into holding the weight
Something should happen
To alter your fate.
The only trial left to face
Is that of Aphrodite,
Resist her charms and
The hero is proven mighty
Be the force behind
The changes on Earth,
Never be held
By the chains of your birth.
Devin Snook
Teacher: Ms. LeCren
Grade: 12