A Small Act of Courage

Johnny was an average boy as far as people knew.
He did the things that any growing boy was known to do.
But this day would be special when he met the other boys.
No longer would he waste his time to play with childish toys.

The time had come to prove his worth and show what he could do.
Challenges would place his courage plainly into view.
Every task that they would choose, he would win the roughest.
And when they chose to wrestle, he would be the toughest.

As sure as there are stars above and robins’ eggs are blue.
There wouldn’t be a single thing that Johnny couldn’t do.
But there was yet just one unmet, the toughest of them all.
It would happen at the dance held at the local hall.

Boys and girls would all attend to flirt with one another.
Girls sat at the one end and the boys sat on the other.
Susie Jones would be there, and she soon caught Johnny’s eye.
Her natural beauty was a facet no one could deny.

When the band began to play, Johnny jumped up on his feet.
This would be the challenge that would make his day complete.
There simply was no way that he could let that moment pass.
Although, he had to stop halfway to pass a little gas.

Susie sat there smiling as she gave a playful glance.
Johnny was so nervous that he almost wet his pants.
With sweaty palms and shaky knees, his head began to float.
He could barely speak because his heart was in his throat.

Johnny knew that this would be his one and only chance.
So, he mustered up the nerve to simply ask Susie to dance.
Her answer would be obvious as most of you would guess.
Susie gently took his hand, and so demurely, she said “yes.”

“Hurray for Johnny!” yelled the boys so joyously they quipped!
But Johnny quickly realized that he had just been whipped.