THE CONTENDER
(A tribute to Harbinger)
I see a day where crowds will stand in grateful awe and gladly call my name
When through the lessons taught by you and through the power in me
A wider and a knowing world will rise to do the same
Where you through me are stopped in streets and greeted as the lucky ones
Where happiness through deeds of ours creates such times of un-diluted fun
I see a day when partnerships are formed to temper raw, unharnessed skill
That reins me in then lets me go to claim my crowd, my crown, my glory days at will
Where tension grips my patrons like a vice that won’t let go
Because through me and what I bring, our story will forever glow
I am that day and in my form you see the waking light
The drumbeat of the morning, baited breath, the countdown to the fight
You see your pride in all of us who strive to make this what it is and what it seems
You see my honesty, my heart, my will, my strength
In me you hold a dream
©Henry Birtles