The Brave Do Not Heckle Poem by Francis Duggan

The one who joins the heckling and booing mob may somehow feel empowered
But as an individual in him runs the coward
The brave do not heckle or boo they stand on their own
For such cowardly behavior their sort are not known
In the face of derision the brave one speaks out
Booing and heckling of an individual is not what bravery is about
One individual against a harassing mob is powerless to fight back
And those who join in the heckling and booing In courage and compassion and empathy lack
Such people in their thinking and behavior in their ways are so small
Their idea of a fair go does not encompass a fair go for all
About such people there is nothing on which to admire
Any sort of fairness or justice their sort never inspire
Above the very ordinary they never do rise
And any of them never short listed for any peace prize.