The life of a warrior

The artist struck the canvas and a legend was born
The engineer drew a line and designed a champion’s heart
The crafts man smelted Iron, and carved something eternal from bags of sand
From the fires of the furnace,
Through the hammers of the blacksmith,
A warrior emerged from the belly of a factory
A captain, dawned his helmet, and gave his commands
To the halls of competition,
He fought and he bled,
The rage he felt erupted from his heart and thundered through the stadium
The very earth shook with the sound of his screams
As pavement broke, as rubber melted under sweltering heat
As fires erupted from unbridled passion deep
Lap after lap he battled and soldiered on
To checkered flags then certain death
To obsolescence for everyone to forget
Farewell, great warrior a life cut short,
Farewell, to the champion with the four rotor’d heart
Here lies the champion 787B
Another like him there will never be
Gone too soon perhaps you’ll say
But there’s just no room for the legends of yesterday

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