Courage Under Fire

Pregnant and all alone

But you plan to see it through.

Afraid no one will help in any way,

You continue on, knowing this baby will need you.

THAT is Courage Under Fire.

Getting up each morning,

Dreading to face the new day.

There is a bully who makes your life hell

But you face him, never knowing what you are going to say.

THAT is Courage Under Fire.

You kept a secret,

One that will tear your family apart.

Now you’ve decided to come out of the closet

And be true to your heart.

THAT is Courage Under Fire.

You see things daily,

Things no person should see.

You bury the images deep inside

As a dying man cries, "Nurse, Don’t leave me!"

THAT is Courage Under Fire.

You loved your job,

When you first became a cop.

Now you do it cause others need you

Knowing and dreading that someday a bullet in your head may pop.

THAT is Courage Under Fire.

There are things in life

That scares you to the core.

Then you look deep down inside yourself

Finding strength to carry on and live life just a little more.

THAT is Courage Under Fire.

- Max M. Power