Ode to Courage
ChatGPT rewrites
A Hundred Feet Away
From a hundred feet away, your heart takes flight,
As fear and longing intertwine in your sight.
Should you rush forth or hold back with grace?
The calm you seek vanishes without a trace.
You shrink within, your breath you tightly hold,
Their gaze, a shadow, it feels so cold.
But from a hundred feet away, do you truly want to flee?
Can’t you face the unknown, be who you’re meant to be?
That object in your hand, it shines so bright,
Yet can’t illuminate your path in the darkest night.
You brandish it like a shield, a guiding light,
From a hundred feet away, it’s both your dread and your delight.
Each passing stranger, like a pendulum swings,
Do you see a wrecking ball in their fleeting flings?
In those passing eyes, your own reflection lies,
From a hundred feet away, a truth that belies.
Open your arms wide, and open your eyes,
Lift your face to the skies, let your spirit arise.
For in this vast universe, don’t be alone and astray,
From a hundred feet away, the universe awaits, to guide your way.
