Hurt

Nothing fazed you.
Never scared to challenge a norm,
always ready for the next big adventure,
the next cage fight…
I had it down as ‘bravery’,
or some feverish determination
to never let this world keep you down;
to keep anyone down.

Nothing fazed you.
Never panicked by dire circumstance,
always channeling your focus for good,
for teaching us objective truths,
but I never knew the reason…
you never feared temporary discomfort
because nothing in this world could hurt you
more than you hurt already.