When Children Dare to Dance
18" x 24"
acrylic / canvas

Few in years but long in mettle
they look beyond reason
beyond self preservation
to a wee small place
where the humdrum faithful
need not visit.

That place is courage
where bravery is dispensed.
Not to bronze men of valour
on still horses in parks
or uniform clad from old yellowed books
. . . but meted out to children
with futures yet written in sand.

When the small are brave
God knows He's built stern stuff.
When the fragile dare to dance
with sickness as a partner
and live bullets as their music . . .
heroes are truly forged.