The Heart of a Champion

One gloomy day, a poor lad was born
in a dire and dark region of the society;
Where thieves greatly thrived, and corrupt politicians
beguiled the citizens living in poverty;
They promised the destitutes jobs and better livelihood
and to help them get over their cruel situations;
But when they got elected,
they started right off with their acts of abomination.

The young lad was raised religiously
by his father and mother, the very best they could;
They molded him to a person with dignity and honor
and a gritty commitment to no evil but good.
He struggled as a young teen
but his will was never broken.
His desires to be a man of respect and glory
established his pure devotion.

Devotion to his family, especially to his parents
and to the livelihood which he had known-
The sport called the Sweet Science
where a strong heart is the basic foundation.
He had it in him: the heart of a champion;
A heart full of compassion and love,
with a touch of courage and strength
and a gift of power from the heavens above.

He performed at his best like a human hurricane;
he destroyed every pugilist whom he faced in the ring.
He became a full pledged boxing champion
at just the age of seventeen.
He is thirty years old now but nothing has changed much;
He still has the same beliefs and the will to survive.
Love by all, young and old alike
in the world of pugilism which he had revived.