Courage
We have known, That as refugees flee the middle east, That among them The cowards hid, Terrorists, islamists. It was not weakness we opened our arms To the disposessed, The refugees. It was through strength, Our compassion for the refugees, More important than, Pandering to fears, Of violence. Violence from the very men, The refugees fleed, Might inflict on us. The terrorists forget Europe suffered Suffered the greatest, Bloody Awful war in the history of humanity. We know the consequences of intolerance, As well, If not better, Than any region of the world. The terrorists forget, We do not pretend Not to fear, we know our fear, we embrace it. We make fear work for us not against us. For without fear There could be no courage. The bravest of men are not those Who do not fear, but those Who fear but act with discipline To defend themselves in the most effective ways That they can conceive. The terrorists forget. Because...