Valour

You do not have to be rich
or renowned or a redeemer.
You do not need to succeed
and live a life of meaningless greed
and let your soul shrivel
into a dried and dessicated seed.
But you can be bold and brave
a fearless rider in the sky
untethered by worry and convention.
You can be a smile to every passerby
and be the force to energise.
To be human is to recognise
your inalienable right to thrive.
You are the earth
the earth is in you.
No shadow can deny
this gift of immeasurable surprise.