POETRY

C — Courage

‘You never climbed a mountain / You never fought a war…’

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash …I found this pic after I’d written the poem, and it’s funny how well it fit! Lol.

You never climbed a mountain

You never fought a war

You never ran a marathon

So what was it all for?

Flash-bang features don’t mean everything

Barely anything

to me

Showy signals aren’t for truth

Just for everyone to see

True courage rarely roars

It whispers and it purrs —

It smiles and strokes a loved one’s hand

despite the urge to curse.

It climbs a different mountain,

rolling out of bed each day.

It fights a daily, mundane, battle

and carries on its way.

The marathon it runs

will never win the race,

but true courage is…