Jinxed Hero

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He sailed over vast seas

to fight harsh battles

and the most glorious in Troy.

His pride and smartness

his fatal disease

caused him

a punishment of the Gods

to roam for twenty years

until allowed

to find back home

to his kingdom,

alone,

only to find his beloved

Penelope

surrounded by 108 suitors

who matched more to traitors.

But his cleverness raised again

this time, luck laid herein,

with a simple trick.

None of the wooers

could string

his famous bow

nor shoot the arrow

through 12 axes

except one,

a vagabond

who luckily accomplished

our hero’s cunning plan

and unveiled himself

in front of them.

His welcome

was a bloody one,

but our hero Odysseus

finally,

was back home.

_{Odysseus Returning to his Palace After Killing Penelope’s Lovers, Nicolas-André Monsiau, Kuadros.com}