The Brave Man
by Michael Doyle

The brave man knows
It's now or never. 
The cautious man thinks
That's not so clever.

Sometimes it's simply time 
To throw caution to the wind.
In these times, it's time to live
However it is, that dreams end. 

She looked on with the thought
That she could patch him together.
He was willing to do his best.
But he knew that he knew better. 

She thought she would try anyway,
Giving her trust in God above.
It began that faithful Autumn day,
This twist of fate, they'd call love.

Beginning a comic, tragic adventure,
They dreamed it for them and for all of us.
Setting sail under the cover of the waters,
Like Captain Nemo on the mighty Nautilus.

Two became one to purposefully explore,
What seemed perhaps life's great mystery.
It is those who dare to seek always for more
That find their way to rewrite history.

The more educated men stumble on rhymes,
Fortunate enough to get it wrong sometimes.
In the jungle, it pays to learn to be strong.
Two in one are better, knowing where they belong.

Raising their voices in an unknown sailing song,
They'll find their way right where they belong.
As long as the two in one have faith in each other,
They'll always have one another.

(c) September 16, 2025   Michael Doyle
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