…on courage

Courage is a thorny matter

for those who seek to be brave

but are not.

That’s when stabs to

the back occur.

The fearless have nothing

to prove

so they smile and dance

as the rest of us clench

our fists in envy

or worse,

pretend we are one

of them.

Those who are afraid

and unable

to admit it,

Those are the ones who are truly

fucked.