Strength

Durable strength - be it strong and able.

Be it built of steel with spine and structure.

Be it rugged. Be it tough and stable.

Be it made of stuff that's hard to rupture.

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Dependable strength - given guts and grit.

Given stamina when it’s needed most.

Given gravitas in the thick of it.

Given to be the guard that holds their post.

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Disabled strength - badly crippled and lame,

buckled and bent. Bemoaning a tackle

that rested hope of any longer game;

as with shorter noose came tighter shackle.

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Strength - when not given break or buffer

through neglect will cause us all to suffer.

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© Tim Grace, (WS-Sonnet 66: line 8)

25 April 2011 (Revised: 30 November 2022)