The wind felt cold on his bare arms Standing alone in the empty dead surrounding His hands are numb and his body trembles Staring into the eyes of death over his fate For he knows what lies ahead He knows he has to slay the beast He has to seal the tomb on his past A broken man or a rising hero The greek warrior cannot sleep this night He has to get up and fight He has to restore what was lost All that is dead will be revealed as light All his hurt soon gone to the oblivion Hearing the battle cry of his town His own mother tells him to rise and fight For his reward when he returns home A warrior, a proven man will find to home of a king He now meets his demons face to face His sword drawn and in position Through the chest of the beast And off with his head Fear has been left for dead Where now stands a golden blade Wielded of a warrior and a royal His family has pride in the unbroken man He is given a name Ischyrós
This was inspired by a Greek legend that I learned about in English Literature class.