PROMISE OF LOVE

It is a curious thing courage, what takes courage and what does not.
Perhaps it’s what a soldier must have, those who fight and have fought.

Or perhaps it is what someone needs when speaking in front of a crowd.
With everyone so quiet and their sole voice suddenly seeming so loud.

Of course all these things take courage, and those are called brave because of it.
However, I think courage can be better defined as what it takes to be intimate.

To be able to show emotion, express one’s feelings to someone else they love.
That’s what takes the real courage, not the courage that I described earlier above.

And it’s not screaming at someone, nor is it the same as just falling apart.
Expressing one’s feelings is being true, and accepting to one’s self and heart.

That’s what takes real courage, not the kind depicted by Hollywood and a movie star.
When you have the courage to be intimate, you know yourself, you know who you are.

You are willing to let others see that, you don’t behave in a false manner and yet you’re ok.
You don’t where the 90’s mask, you simply listen to your heart regardless of what it may say.

You say what you feel, you don’t hide like politicians behind their campaigns in an election.
And that’s what is so terrifying to most, ‘cause you feel so vulnerable and so open to rejection.

But without self-acceptance and “real courage”, and regardless of how many one knows.
You will live a lonely life forever striving for perfection, and it will be the life you chose.

So in spite of the risks, take that chance, if rejected you can mend, there is recovery.
The courage to be true to yourself with an honest heart, opens the way to self-discovery.

So I hope you will heed my advice, think about it and reread what I’ve said above.
The courage to be intimate offers what we all want, it offers the promise of love.

By: Kristal Kay Prather

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