Greatness

Greatness…

 

Born of hearts desire,

flame of inner fire.

Dies to quiet fear,

fades and disappears or,

 

rises like a dove

to the atmosphere above

of contempt and envy

where mediocrity reigns.

 

For doth not heat rise into the hovering cold

and light disperse into the black of night?

Indeed so.

 

But greatness finds a way

when guarded day by day.

Encased in iron will,

protected from the chill.

Burning as a glow

for those who find and know

to lock away all aspirations

within the iron vessel of courage.

 

For heat contained destroys the cold within,

and light encompassed dispels the dark.

 

Guard therefore

every goal and every dream,

let your purpose go unseen.

Keep it ever tucked away

til at long last come the day

when all shall look 

and see…

 

Greatness