It's The Old Story Of David And Goliath Poem by Mark Heathcote

It's The Old Story Of David And Goliath



Here, we see two countries locking horns.
Like schoolboys in the schoolyard.
As always, a bully twice the size is
throwing sawdust in the eyes of the other
and us observing bystanders standing around.

A boy much smaller on his bloodied knees.
Holding all the high-moral ground
takes his nose bleeds well and won't concede
It's the old story of David and Goliath, I fear.
I will dominate if there is more shouting.

But we're witnessing it. See, it's a battle of attrition.
Who'll fight longer, like a body combating cancer?
And in this battle, we're all rooting for contrition.
Ah, that from the bigger slain by the littler
to eventually become the rightful winner.

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