Super Hero: An Elegy
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Long gone are the days when my delicate hand fit into your protecting one, and you
were my super hero
Long gone are the days when a magical kiss from you on my boo-boo made the pain
go away
Long gone are the days when you could swoop down from the sky
and save my day
Long gone are the days when I believed that all the words you spoke were golden truths,
because super hero's don't lie
Long gone are the days when you were my super hero
Now I know that your magical kisses can't fix a broken heart or a broken family
Now I know that you can't always swoop down from the sky and save my day,
because I have learn to do it myself
Now I know that not all you say is golden truths, because super hero's CAN lie
Now I know that you can't be my super hero because the illusion that came with childhood
eroded away by the pain of growth and age
Long gone are the days
when you were my super hero