Courageous

I am afraid, I know not what courage is,
The life of fear is within my heart,
My stomach turns and tightens in a strange wisp,
Can not move forward, can not restart,

Still afraid, I move about,
My pulse rises and crashes like waves,
A mind still full of regret and doubt,
Inside echoes and empty like caves,

I was afraid, but no longer I know,
The closer I am the more it fills,
Like a burning sun and the wind that blows,
Within myself I will find the thrill.