Giants

• Jin Hui Qian, Grade 12
• Poetry
• 2009

Jefferson's foresight I do not see,
Einstein's brain I wasn't born with.
Roosevelt's courage demolishes mine,
Lincoln's tolerance makes me ashamed.
Obama's charisma I failed to possess,
Thatcher's eloquence I forgot to gain.
But a King's dream I aspire:
the glamour of the mountaintop;
The thrill of pointing directions;
the thundering of people's hearts.
Equipped with extraordinary will,
armed with ceaseless strength
for a war
I must win.