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Discretion…and Passion

Valour proclaims indifference to safety and
Is kindred spirit to passion, which links
The spirit and body, the soul’s 
Physical manifestation, and drives 
Humanity forward.

Beethoven had passion, that his music
Shouts to all who will hear, though 
He could not, which is his valour,
In the face of physical infirmity,
Proclaiming humanity.

Yet we are exhorted to be discrete
In our valour, to moderate our passion,
To stand aside, to Falstaff truth and
Feign death, not of our body,
But our soul.

Passion. Mandela’s mandala for a universe
In which humanity to its own self is true;
Aristotelian cause of human achievement,
Passionate action, the embodiment of
Individual valour.

Napoleon’s red cloak, or Henry’s sniffing
Of the sweat of fear amongst his men:
Which is valour, which is passion, 
Which leads on to victory, the 
Reward of valour?

So in modern times are we urged
To discretion; to submerge our passion 
In the workplace beneath concerns
For our place, our employ, so
Selling our soul.

Which shall it be? Gold trimmed display,
Or modest blue. English determination
And Welsh courage, or
Showy symbolism; a façade of discretion,
Or passionate action?

To thine own self be true and
The passionate thus do, and 
The discrete do not; so do
Organisations move ever forward,
Despite those without passion,

Or valour.

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