A Crushing Blow

Image: The given words

He was a cut above the rest

so he believed. But an opaque squint

on his nebulous past kept haunting

him. He did not dare breathe a word
on his otherwise unblemished record

His reflects were perfect, his timings

were good. He notched winnings
with crushing blows to his opponents.

He came with fists blazing. He had visions of

a  great champion. He was untouched

But the stigma kept hovering over his head

It cast a bleak future over designs of

him as a torch bearer of his generation

It was a mistake of the past that kept

tripping  him. After all it was just a slab

of fix a small portion that would not cause
real harm, not much anyway

Sadly, a sordid episode was not easily forgotten

by the fraternity. An icon with no tainted past

was expected no less which he could not fulfill

A slight baggage on his young shoulders kept

gnawing on his ambitions. It broke his little heart

Written for Sunday Whirl, A Baker’s Dozen - wordle #109