Brave Enough - 2

At Victoria, B.C. Cenotaph Nov 11, 2015

I’m not brave enough

to leave my family

never knowing if I’d return

I’m not brave enough

to march into the unknown

and keep marching forward

I’m not brave enough

to join with the fight ~

to give away my blood

        ~~~~~

I am brave enough 

to accept the freedom 

to write these words

I am brave enough 

to be grateful for

each and every day. 

I am brave enough

to maintain peace

in my heart and in my home

“He who is brave is free.”

~ Seneca