Twelve Labors

In punishment now
My labor be done
By Heaven divine
Conviction is won

Twelve efforts twelve years
Too much to conceive
With club and a bow
Although I'm bereaved

The mighty enforce
Has stolen the day
From King and alike
And naught but to say...

"I've finished these deeds
You've asked to perform
I must go back home
And weather the storm

A family gone
Now shredded to tears
The labor undone
I go face my fears"