Take Courage

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Take Courage

 

Sometimes you don’t know what’s gonna hit you,

It’s true.

And you can’t prepare

Because it’s there

And you have to deal with it.

 

So Commit.

Commit yourself to the problem

To create a solution

And to destroy the Pollution

It may have caused already.

 

When you think you can’t,

You can, really.

Maybe this can grant

You the new lease you need

To grow.

I don’t know.

All I know is

You can’t

Stop trying

Or you start dying inside.

The place you cried

Can bring about

Roots,

For our own Roots

Come from many tears

Which were shed before us.

Those who tried—

Those who cried before us

With love.

 

So—

As you go on

(Which is what we were meant to do)

Bring with you that love

That will be with you

Even to the very Edge

And as you look over that edge,

Your eyes will go on

With Hope

As you Take Courage.

 Annie

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