Brave
I can be that, if you want me to be.
I can be fearless for you:
Confident, strong, unyielding.
Is that what it means to be brave?
I could never be like you,
Plunging ahead, rarely thinking.
Sometimes I think you have the devil's luck.
Running forward
Straight as an arrow—
You know what you must do
With no hesitance of gray
Only sharp white
And deepest black;
That's all it is to you.
That's bravery, I think.
The will to do what you have to
No matter what, where, when, or why.
I could say you don't care
But that wouldn't be you, would it?
So grit your teeth
Grin and bear it
Carry your sins on your shoulders
Hide all your sorrows and pain.
You can do it;
You're brave.
