Courage
Courage is the earnest prayer
That tames a fretful mind,
Courage is the pain we bear
When hope is left behind.
Courage speaks in honesty,
Though loss may surely follow,
Truth bends the will reluctantly
To chance what lies tomorrow.
And courage will in silence wait,
Though design would intercede,
And instead allows the hand of fate
Its tapestry to weave.
Courageous is the pioneer,
Who takes the obscure roads,
Not resting in the known and clear,
But lives as life unfolds.
Courage is the willingness
To unveil the shadow of our being,
And face the fear, the grief, and emptiness,
That give life authentic meaning.
Courage bids, “Surrender pride
look behind the mirror,”
To embrace, not shame, the flaws inside,
And make amends for error.
Courage doesn’t walk away