Assorted Poems by MasterMachine

Strength
Strength cannot be measured, nor rated nor compared

All people have it, in their own way, even the impaired

Strength is may be the power to kill, the power to end a life

Or it could be the power to bring forth a new life, a life without strife

Strength may be the skill to fly a jet

Or the ability to to see what has not happened yet

Strength could be the knowledge of the wise

Or the courage to say your goodbyes

When all things are said and done

Strength is the one thing that few can claim

to have had in spades, somewhere near fame

Strength is a force, unique to each person.

Strength is the power, the power to be.

Courage
Courage is the power to fight when all seems lost

Courage is the power to fight at any personal cost

Courage is when your afraid, but you keep on going anyway

Courage is when your in pain, but you force a smile everyday

Courage is the strength to fight

Even when your lacks light

Courage is the wisdom of the wise

Found in any size

Courage is when you stand strong

And sing you song all day long

Courage is when the battle's begone

And you don't flee, you don't run

Courage is when you've been defeated

When you've been crushed, beaten, and cheated

But you get up, you keep moving through

And then, and then, right on que

You leap back into battle, angry and hurt

You make great effort, you exert

Yourself to your full, you best, your last

The game reset, the die recast

Courage is when you've been crushed

When you've been hushed

But you speak your mind, you say your say

And you keep on fighting anyway