It Takes Courage Poem by Esther Hadassah Sendeza

It takes courage, it takes strength,
to pick up the pieces and go on.
It takes resilience, it takes confidence,
to close your eyes and tell yourself its okay.

It takes fortitude, oh boy it takes bravery,
to wake up each morning and choose to put it all behind.
It takes intrepidity and a whole lot of guts,
to realise you deserve much more than a face full of tears.

it takes audacity, firmness and self assurance,
to look at the world and reinstall hope in the soul.
It takes fearlessness, it takes pluck,
to put fear aside and jump off the cliff.

Yes it takes courage, a whole lot of courage,
to love again, after you've been hurt.