What am I to do <br />when even eternally <br />I'm shivering from fright, <br />instead of from the wind? <br /> <br />Am I to draw close <br />to flames that shimmer <br />in crackling darkness <br />on a night like this? <br /> <br />Or shall I lean into you <br />while dreaming of the <br />summers days of the old- <br />times when I was self assured? <br /> <br />With sadness I walk <br />this plank through valleys, <br />though I have not yet expired. <br />I plead...is this my last mile? <br /> <br />For I do not wish to exit <br />this lonely passage way, while <br />feeling all I knew was survival. <br />Dear Courage...will you visit again? <br /> <br />Written on February 26th 2008.<br /><br />Shelley L Baxter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dear-courage/
