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
