My Hero

Look! Mom, Look!

They called him to the field

No, Mom, you have to look!

His shield shines bright

reflecting the light of the sun

A billion hash marks on the other side

one for each monster, of course!

One for each monster that he has killed,

That's my  hero, my Dad

Greatest fighter of them all

See his helmet? The one with the horns?

He took those horns from a Minotaur

I bet he took the scales from a sea creature

While sailing with pirates...

Well... You said there were pirates last night

He can dance on light shoes with the monsters

They are magical, I magicked them with my pink bow!

See how he shines in the sun!

He's relaxing, waiting for the herald to yell

"Open the gates!"

But oh! When the gates open, 

and the monsters are let in...

What could it be this time?

Oh, oh, oh a lion!  I bet it'll be a lion,

with golden main flowing

The marshal's with spears pull to the edge

The lion would lunge, One, Two, Three!

The lion goes down!

A lion skin rug for his home.

The heralds have called again.

Mom? Are you even listening?

The gate opens,

You can almost hear the clink of the chains

But dad's not scared! He's my hero!

Its not a lion Mom!

A dragon lumbers in, it's scales red

A red dragon Mom! Of course!!!

Don't you see the scales!

There he goes! They square off...

The dragon lunges, dad feints

The dragon strikes, dad blocks

No! no, no, no the dragon got his leg!

Get up Dad! I believe in you!

One blow, I'm holding my breath

The dragon looms over him

Two blows, Dad get him,

I believe in you!

Three blows, the dragon goes down!

And my Dad stands

Victorious, winner of the bout

The dragon defeated

A shining symbol of good

My hero... my Dad

This was written on site at Beltane AS V.  At first I didn't have anything for the topic "Through the Eyes of a Child" then the muse hit.  With a baseball bat.  This is the result.