Courage

Courage
for some
is an obsequious lackey,
trailing them, serving them,
with hardly any notice
or a nod from their master.

Why then,
must courage for me
be a Holy Grail
a quest most unattainable,
though I do not feel like a coward,
set up too high for me to reach,
like a child on tippy-toes
trying to grab the moon.

But I really need that moon,
that Holy Grail,
a big backpack full of Courage,
to go through these whirlwinds.