There is the courage of the body of which I have read <br />or heard the stories of the elders of my tribe <br />Roy Benavidez spitting in the medics face <br />to communicate he was alive - half dead. <br />John Levitow passed out on the ramp of Spooky 71. <br />Dave Carter giving a kidney to help a co-worker live. <br />William Graves refusing medical aid. <br />'Four Chaplains' who I will only meet in heaven. <br />Yet, on my quiet porch the other courage haunts me. <br />Steve Stalonas refusing my brainless adulation. <br />Henry Nixon calling the bigotry of his superiors. <br />In history George Marshall wisking away a President's favor <br />at risk to self. <br />With age I know very little but I am certain that <br />Courage comes in at least two flavors <br />Both are ice cream.<br /><br />Bill Grace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-chocolate-and-vanilla-of-courage/
