A Giant's Downfall

Published on 23 November 2014 at 20:31

Wandering, wandering, ‘round and about,

A blundering, thundering man so stout

Sat atop his highest of high horses, you see,

But alas! They say he was stung by a bee.

This bee, too, wandered ‘round and about,

And showed the stout little man no doubt.

Yet mercy was granted to this blundering one,

For his thundering echoed beneath the sun.

Though stout he was, his height none would mock—

Even tall men feared his wrath’s hard knock.

Yet a small bee, striped in black and white,

Could humble the giant, ground his flight.

 

Though the stout giant met his end,

The land would break, unable to mend.

For his fall shook earth and sky as one—

A giant’s downfall, and all was undone.