Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Valor Unimpeded

"...envy seeps from them like blood into cloth..."

Valor Unimpeded

Keep your personal vision bright.
Overlook bitter words from rapacious hearts
whose envy seeps from them
like blood into cloth.
Stay cheered and maintain a confident essence.
Let anger at those begrudging you be removed.
They, tangled within their webs of esurience,
their torment must be considerable.
Be heartened forever,
for if not for your own intrepidness,
you could be them.






Article © Linda Imbler. All rights reserved.
Published in the December 16, 2019 issue .
Image(s) © Sand Pilarski. All rights reserved.
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2 Reader Comments
Bob McNeil
12/18/2019
01:38:26 AM
This poem is replete with sagacity.
Alexandra
12/18/2019
11:33:05 AM
So good, I would even wear this as a tattoo.
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