Nerves of steel shining and rigid are only
waiting to snap. I suppose it’s just a
metaphor and I’m being too picky.
Too literal. A description of bravery in the
face of a challenge or danger when in
fact a person’s insides feel frozen stiff
or have turned to jelly. When the challenge
has passed, or the danger has been neutralized,
those nerves of steel disappear behind a closed
door where no one can see the puddle of jelly
on the floor or the tears thawing all over a pillow. Perhaps those nerves could be
succumbing to the back and forth of a rocking chair
until sleep softens the nerves of steel
until they are needed again.
“When you’re scared, when you’re hanging on, when life is
hurting you, then you’re going to see what you’re really made of.”
~ Sylvestor Stallone
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