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ECHOnigeria Forum / Literature / Courage, Not By Size (a poem) By Blessing David (1 Post | 566 Views)
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Courage, Not By Size (a poem) By Blessing David by IzunnaOkafor(m) : 3:48 am |
By Blessing Chinenye David
I thought lion was stronger than porcupine I thought dog was stronger than fowl I assumed centipede could feast on ants. My mind had so concluded That snake was stronger than bird And dog, than the cat All judging and juxtaposing by size. Like muds on mud house Were these long glued To my apparently naïve mind Little did I know it was not by size. Lately have I earlier discovered The bizarre in the credulity And the wrong in my shibboleth. Porcupine has killed the lion Fowl gave dog the chase of his life Ant has fed on the centipede. Bird ate the snake alive Cat has disgraced the dog And made jest of him All antithetically to my belief. Then I knew Then I discovered Then I recalibrated all Then I believed. It was not by size It is not by size It cannot be by size For size is often ineffective Size is dreadful Though to the dreadful. It took courage It takes courage It can only be by courage. For courage is a virtue Courage beats the odd The courageous mind Is the victorious mind. It is not by size It is simply by courage For size frightens While courage heightens. Dread not the size Do all with courage For it's simply not by size But by courage.
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