What is courage?

What is courage?

Is it being brave in the face of danger?
Is it standing up to people who are stronger?
Is it battling a lost fight?

Or is it something different entirely?
I believe courage isn’t being brave in front of danger,
Or standing up to those who are stronger,
or even battling a lost fight.

Courage is what it takes to be afraid,
to acknowledge that you’re frightened,
and not ignore it,
but embrace it.

Courage is the heart that beats when you fight,
or when you look up and say ‘No.’
Courage is every person who is themselves,
and stand up for what they believe in.
No matter how terrifying it may be.

Because courage isn’t something you touch.
It’s something you see.
In the eyes of those about to die,
In the world around you, turning,
Because every moment, every breath,
Somebody stands up,
and fights.