I Don’t Want to Have to be Brave (Poem)
Added 2024-11-06 14:51:43 +0000 UTCSorry, I write through my problems sometimes, and this came out today.
I want cool forests to run in with beds of pine needles,
to feel under my paws.
I want dream light to swirl around me,
and to feel at peace and in love.
I don’t want to have to be brave,
not all the time.
I howl out my hopes and dreams,
and maybe someone echoes them back.
I stand where I can,
and maybe I stand in the right place.
Foolish perhaps, useless even,
but what else can I do?
I cry in the dark because that’s what comes easy,
and I put on the mask of hope.
I scream because that is how I feel,
and maybe I feel better.
Wise? No, but this is reality,
and reality is cruel.
I growl out my words,
in hope that they can give strength to others.
I rest not on my haunches,
because I do better when I’m doing things,
and I’ll find some way to be brave,
because that is what I have to do.
