Courage

To walk in the dark with the sure knowledge of dawn
This is victory


Once fear filled, now hope full
He prepares a table in the presence of my enemies


I sit feasting with joy in the face of sorrow
And free of foreboding when joy walks near


Such freedom enables me to enter your pain with courage
To fight for your battered heart


Is it fear and not just selfishness that causes the strong to ignore the weak?
To walk by and look the other way, afraid to get messy, involved, or worse
To see their own frailty in the weak


But Samaritans are good because they've known Love