Courage
Copyright 2000 by Levi Conor

This is courage:
To remain brave and patient under pain.
Calm and firm to stay in presence of dismay,
not to flinch when foes attack,
even though you’re beaten back.
And most of all cling to what is right,
when the wrong possesses might.
This is courage:
Not to cry when all is lost,
when you feel your world has broken into a thousand pieces,
and you feel you lost it all.
But true courage is to fight ‘til the end
even when you have no strength to spend.
And not to cry when your hope is gone,
for you’ve got your life to cry on.
This is courage:
To endure the hurt and loss you cannot cure,
patiently and undismayed, to face your
deepest darkest fears unafraid.
And most of all to stand your ground tall
and proud even though
it has
crumbled away
from underneath
you.


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