What is Bravery?

Is it half of a hero?
Is it the reason why people like Batman and Superman are so revered despite their fictional status?
Is it something only held by the selfless and caring?
Is it the element of fearlessness that everyone seems to lack?
Is it what makes a friend a friend?
Is it what stands between you and peer pressure?
Your dreams?
Your vices?

Is bravery an obstacle or a boon in your endeavors?
Is bravery what got you where you are?
Earned you who you're with?
Taught you what you know?

Is bravery what got your first kiss?
Physical adventure?
Is it what got you through the first time you had sex?

Is bravery something you possess?


Oh my dear, I'm just not brave enough for you. Ask me to kiss you and I'll falter a moment, afriad you might reject me still. Scared to leave you, scared to be with you. Scared to sleep and find it all a dream.
Better to have loved and lost? Sometimes that seems wrong to me.
Better to have missed out and miss nothing than to be let in and crave constantly.

Oh my dear, I wish I had never had sex. I wish I were as virgin as you. You would have a much easier time with me then. I have no overt cravings, but oh there are times where I wake up in the morning and do more than just think about it. Days when I count my change and frown in the mirror. Days where I want nothing else. Oh my dear, don't let me let you down. We've come so far and I'll fight on...but baby...
I don't know if I'm brave enough to face me for you.