Courage and the Coward

                                                            Courage and the Coward

                                            The Coward, they called him
                                             Always running
                                             Fearing for safety
                                             Like a Horse in stark Darkness
                                             Everyting brought fear
                                             Things near and dear
                                             Responsibility her never took
                                             All burden off his head he shook
                                             Bullied, he always got
                                             Against oppression he never fought
                                             Like a timid cow, he stayed
                                             in the cold climate of fear
                                             Hands Shaking, mind panicking
                                            
                                             They Laughed at him, ridiculed him
                                              Made him a market ass
                                              Big bully playing the ball on his tails
                                              In his mind - he lived in a place
                                              a place called Jail
                                              eating breadcrumbs and insects
                                              cause that's what his life became
                                            
                                               And in this jail, on the wall
                                               some words were written that he saw
                                               "A coward dies a Thousand Deaths"
                                               This is on the wall they read
                                               These words lit fire in his heart
                                               that found a trail up to his head
                                               and when the big bad bully came
                                               he took an axe, he cut his head
                                               and  the world looked shocked at
                                               he bully dead
                                               they fled, their feet as fast as could
                                               carried them to the lumber woods
                                               the mind was free, and the jail broke down
                                               Those trees so green,
                                               Those skies so blue
                                               The Coward had the Courage - he knew

                                                                                                                                       Trinity Lobo - My own compsed poem

               

                                               
                                             

                                          
                                                

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