Hero (a sonnet)
One by one they plotted against Hero.
Green envy was all the fuel they needed.
Their cruel leader was aptly named Nero,
A man who Hero too lately heeded.
They hated His strength, His knowledge, His wit,
And the many great victories He’d won.
Nero sent them to in His foliage sit,
And His entire life to spy upon.
They made a list of Hero’s tiny flaws,
Hero’s shortcomings and His small errors,
So, when asked for their awesome hatred’s cause,
They could give that list as its righteous source.
Nero added, “and here we have, finessed,
“A story for any thinking of greatness.”