his strength dazzles us
we admire him, a champion’s
victories are honoured
battles in his self
embittered and vanquished
he cries in loneliness
unattended remain
agonies of Agonistes
April 2017, © 2017, Prachand. All rights reserved
Image: Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens (1609), via Wikimedia Commons