Where Are the Brave Souls?

Where have all the brave souls gone? The ones who could inspire;

Who could lift our spirits then proceed to take us even higher.

Could it be we've lost the simple trust that they endow?

Can their like be found again? Where are the brave souls now?

When Cochise broke his arrow and declared an end to war,

Many stood against him. They shouted, cried and swore.

But standing firm against the odds he found a lasting peace.

A braver soul cannot be found than this great chief, Cochise.

Another stood in time of war; a nation torn apart.

With brother fighting brother he became the nation's heart.

When Mister Lincoln lost his life, the country lost its soul,

And wandered aimlessly for years to redefine it's goal.

Others such as Lindbergh and Earheart gave us hope.

Vicariously we can live through them. They help us cope.

To think that one can bravely leap into the great unknown,

Inspires us all to greatness and thrills us to the bone.

But when I look around today I wonder where they've gone.

Who will give us hope? Inspire the will to carry on?

There must be someone somewhere who will rise and show us how.

We sit and wait and wonder. 

Where are the brave souls now?

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