Lone Traveller:

If they answer not to thy call walk alone 
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall, 
O thou unlucky one, open thy mind and speak out alone. 

If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness, 
O thou unlucky one, 
trample the thorns under thy tread, 
and along the blood-lined track travel alone. 

If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm, 
O thou unlucky one, 
with the thunder flame of pain ignite thy own heart, 
and let it burn alone

~ Tagore