Goliath served with the Philistines.
The biggest guy anyone had seen.
He challenged the armies of Israel.
He threatened them with his steel.
He asked, “Will anybody fight?”
“I will beat any with my might.”
He held his sword up so high.
He shook it in the sky.
When that message was heard by all,
The Israelis looked to their King Saul.
The king looked for someone to beat him.
But only one boy said he could defeat him.
In order to protect his flock,
David knew how to throw a rock.
He knew how to keep
Danger away from his sheep.
He was not a fighting man.
But he was willing to take a stand.
David promised to fight the giant.
But Goliath remained defiant.
Goliath sneered at his foe.
“I could beat you with one blow!”
David had his trusty sling.
He could hit most anything.
He swung a stone in the air.
It hit its target, fair and square.
It struck Goliath’s head.
He fell down, but not quite dead.
His heavy armor held him down.
He couldn’t get off the ground.
David took his sword and cut off his head.
Goliath was beaten as David said.
Victory! Israelites cheered him.
The Philistines ran and feared him.
David was a hero to all in Israel.
A legend in his time. They talk about him still.
David Sowards, television producer, short story writer, poet, novelist, cartoonist, songwriter, graphic artist, actor, musician.