I See Courage in You
A woman who made a mistake,
Gave your body away, feeling like your heart will break.
So many dreams, plans you had in store,
But decide for your baby a chance at so much more.
Pressure from friends, “Just get an abortion,”
But choosing instead life and adoption.
Nothing left, you say you’re through,
But I see something called courage in you.
An alcoholic drowning life away,
Gets on his knees to pray.
Ashamed and disgusted with the man in the reflection,
Begging God to pardon this transgression.
Inadequate, and clumsy in life’s dance,
He decides again to give AA a chance.
Nothing left, you say you’re through,
But I see something called courage in you.
The singer tries just one more audition,
The producer says, “We’ll give you a listen.”
The rejection comes, they slam the door,
And the singer says, “I’ll try once more.”
Nothing left, you say you’re through,
But I see something called courage in you.
A shepherd boy playing his harp and singing,
Spending his days with sheep, and with his older brothers in the evening.
God said, “You may feel small and insignificant,
But to Goliath, you will be sent.
You may be doubtful this is true,
But I see something called courage in you.”
You may feel small, weak and afraid,
But on Jesus your burden has eternally been laid.
For courage is having fear, yet acting anyway,
And if I could, this would be my prayer for you today:
That after everything and all that you’ve been through,
You’ll see it all-the courage that I see in you.
And courage I see in you, Lizzie.
This is such fine work; you have been busy.
I touched my eye, there was a tear,
For you go on, in spite of fear.
And here I’ve sat dismayed and sulkin’
While you could amaze even Spock, the Vulcan.
Know what I’m sayin’? (Vulcans abhor emotion) lol
TYTYTY from your bro.,
L<
Aw, Len, thank you so much!
Haha, thanks for explaining the Vulcan thing to me, because I would not have known what you were talking about, lol. Starwars or something, right?
Oh, no-why have you been dismayed and sulkin’? Or was that just for the purpose of rhyme?
By the way, how are you? How’s your writing been going?
Lizzie, this is AMAZING. Wait… no STELLAR as Zenon Kar would say. Keep up the good work, friend. Please, please, send this genius to a magazine or poetry book.
Aw, thank you so very much, B! That’s high praise coming from an awesome writer like you.
Hm… should I know who Zenon Kar is? This is like my day of not knowing references, haha.
Thank you again! I just hope it can show others the courage that’s been in them all along.
Disney’s Zenon: 21st Century Girl lives in a space station on the moon with her scientist parents. As punishment for disobeying she’s exiled to the worst place imaginable: planet earth. With the help of her best friend, Nebula, and earthlings, Zenon is on a mission to return to space and find her favorite rockstar, Proto Zoa, who’s disappeared. It’s a great movie in an incredibly dorky way.
Ohhh yeah! I actually really loved that show. And the singer guy was my favorite, haha. Oh, the 90′s. I miss thee.
Thanks for clearing that up for me and for the compliment!