I Need a Hero

Heros don’t need a cape or powers

Heros don’t need a lot of money

Hero’s don’t need a cute face or a tragic backstory

Heros don’t need an education

Heros don’t need popularity

Heros don’t need a secret identity, to hide their true selves

Heros don’t need to be filmed, or interviewed by the press

 

Heros need courage to do the right thing

Heros need love, to motivate their actions

Heros need morales, to make the right decision

Heros need humbleness, to sacrifice for another,

Heros need quick wits, to fly into action

Heros need a mother, to show them how to love

 

Heros can be mothers, whose love powers their lives

Heros can be fathers, showing their children the ropes of life

Heros can be siblings, setting good examples and passing on wisdom

Heros can be pets, whose loyalty is everlasting

 

Heros are dirty, covering with a day’s hard work

Heros are tailors, letting humans express themselves

Heros are chefs, fueling the world’s energy

Heros are grocery owners, baggers, or stockers, making sure the world has food

 

Heros can be blind, showing others how to see new things

Heros can be deaf, making their own beautiful music

Heros can be hungry, teaching people about kindness

Heros can have lost limbs, teaching how to love what you have

Heros can be lame, enjoying the scenery

Heros can be delusional, making dreams seem true

Heros can be suicidal, wanting peace for themselves and the world

 

Heros should be the kid in the corner, observing everyone's personalities

Heros should be teachers, letting kids imagine and learn about life

Heros should be unrecognised, making the world better a little at a time

Heros should be friends, encouraging new experiences

Heros should be musicians, creating new love in every song

A HERO SHOULD BE YOU, READING THIS POEM AND RECOGNISING YOURSELF IN THESE WORDS

 

Get up

Get out

Show everyone who you are

Shine bright

Change the world

BE A HERO

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