Hero's Grace

Head on through Winter's darkest hour
Through icy frost and freezing shower.
Reach out for joy when life is pain
Enduring sadness time and again.
Turn back when all within you cries
To find a hole to curl and die.
Return to where hurt festers most
Face demons of almighty host,
Once paid the price will triple still
Ensnare your soul and every will -

Until you scream to end it now
Yet still, teeth clenched, you bravely vow
To battle all those dreaded foe
Force heart to where 'tis faint to go
And cleanse your soul of fear's embrace
To rest, at last, with Hero's grace.