<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367346" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Manchurian King</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was the likely candidate<br>To be the tiger king, <br>The one that Nature would create, <br>From him new life to bring...<br>The one with fire in his eyes<br>And courage in his heart, <br>So that his foes would realise<br>That he would play his part.<br>There was no turning back for those<br>Who had to fight not fail, <br>Against another, way up close<br>To stay the Alpha Male...<br>The road ahead was paved with fears<br>That he alone must face, <br>Yet with defiance through these years, <br>These dangers to embrace.<br>There was no glory in defeat, <br>No pride beneath the stars, <br>No joy when some great beast can beat<br>And leave you scratched with scars...<br>For him, the years would not be kind, <br>Old age would sap his strength...<br>The tiger king would one day find<br>His resting place at length...<br>For now, defeat was far away...<br>In youth, he looked sublime...<br>His destiny he must obey, <br>Triumphant for a time...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>More Stephen Gayford poems here: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367346" data-title="Manchurian King de Denis Martindale" data-description="He was the likely candidate To be the tiger king, The one that Nature would create, From him new life to bring... The one with fire in his eyes And courage in his heart, So that his foes would realise That he would play his part. There was no t..."></div> </div> </div>

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