Love Poem: Courage, My Friend
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Written by: Judith Deverell

Courage, My Friend

Shall we hold back our hand
   from the rose
      because of the thorn?
The carpet is red
   that bears the feet of them
      that have trodden down the grapes;
Laid before those
   who held not back from life
      because of death ! …
It is better to dare than hide !


25. January,2011