Courage

Couragedwells not in the fight, for

Themelee yields no vindication.

Thetruly brave will find a way

Tomediate a situation fraught

Withangst and argument,

Agood old-fashioned donnybrook.

Tisin the pause he finds a cause

Tocontemplate a second look.

 

Comesa time when courage means

Theacumen to walk away

Whenbellicose belligerence might

Seemthe watchword of the day.

Butlion’s roar and tiger’s teeth

Expireon the spit,

Whileprudence and discretion are

Thearchetype of true grit.

 

Thereis a grace in courage

Toimpede the inner fiend,

Torein the fire of unrest and

Capturedawning’s gleam.