An Improbable Season

He might as well be Xerxes The most dominant in history Towering twelve feet taller than his foes The Spartans take position But one of them is missing Where Leonidas is it seems nobody knows Though an improbable season Spartans are all but beaten When Xerxes comes the battle's good as won A secret plan is brewing That will be Persia's undoing A mighty blow they'll not recover from Emerging from his hiding Battered but still fighting Leonidas finally steps up to the plate They stare down each other The boldest boys of summer A rivalry placed in the hands of fate Leonidas takes a beating On this October evening It won't be good enough to reach a draw But our hero is relentless He swings for the fences Now no one can believe what they just saw March 31, 2017