Birth

I reworked a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Steadfast Tin Soldier for class.. here is the first part of what I wrote.

Twenty five brave souls
Cast from the rib of a tin spoon
Complete with weapons of destruction
In Americas red and blue
Sprung from their Eden
With a ferocious “Tin Soldiers!”
Shoulder to shoulder
Hip to hip
Though a black sheep
Out of step
Stood on one leg, steadfast
So proud