Anyone Can Be A Hero

Just a random thing I wrote after a fight with a friend about heros.

Anyone Can Be A Hero

 

You don't have to be Superman,

Or a superhero.

You don't need powers,

Or magic or goofy costumes.

Jeans and a t-shirt,

A suit and tie.

Anyone can be a hero,

If they dare to try.

 

If you run into a fire,

When everyone runs out,

To save a child,

That's been left behind in the panic,

You're a hero.

 

When you go to war,

To defend your country,

And protect your men in the field,

No matter the risk to yourself,

You're a hero.

 

When you take a bullet,

For a total stranger,

Fighting for the "greater good,"

You're a hero.

 

There's no criteria,

Set in stone.

No rules or regulations,

No dress code or standards to meet.

A hero doesn't need to be super,

They just need to have a heart.

So anyone can be a hero.

If they dare to try.

Author's Note

Be gentle in critiquing this, please....

Reviews

[Bexfinch]

Your right for me hero is very controversial when it gets to war. Are the men who bomb children, mothers fathers uncles and bystanders for a flag...really a hero or just a paid mercenary. Are the men who strap bombs to their chest for their country heroes? Or mercenary men. Everything is controversial in america where everyone wants to depict something heartfelt. I hope i didnt get out of being gentle. This struck up the controversy in my heart and was very opinionated got me thinking :)

[Brianna Van Zandt]

My personal opinion is the American men and women who "bomb children, mothers fathers uncles and bystanders for a flag" do it for more than a flag. They do it to protect their people, as they should. As a hero should. They risk their lives to protect the American people from extremists and terrorists. There are civilian casualties, but the United States military tries to limit that. To my knowledge, at least. That's my opinion. They are heroes, to me.

[Bexfinch]

Well that is good, my opinion in the realitivity of war is it is not the nessecary evil. I see nothing heroic in the death and destruction and the killing and the destabilizing of countries and famlies both in the Americas and in other countries. It kills me to see how we care nothing about other countries that our struggling till they have something we need. Part of me feels like man could never achieve the rank of hero.

[Brianna Van Zandt]

That's your opinion, which you are free to believe and voice.

[icelandicblue]

Research shows that people are more apt to do heroic deeds when there aren't others or many others around. Mobs impede heroism since everyone stands around and waits for someone else to do something. Your poem reminds me of Rudyard Kiplings Poem "If"

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

Heroes are made from the situations they find themselves in and those who were there know one when he or she acts. Those who come after with other agendas who have lost the moment. I love your comment about there not being a dress code and I think that includes gender, age, race and religion. This is a very thought-provoking poem. Thank you for sharing it.

[Brianna Van Zandt]

Thank you very much. I am glad you liked it. I don't write poetry very often, and rarely ever publish it. It's nice to get some good feedback and encouragement.

[justjenn_2u]

The real heroes give up their own live unselfishly. Keep writing and sharing your words unselfishly. This makes you a hero.

[Brianna Van Zandt]

Thank you. You really think that?

[justjenn_2u]

I really believe that.

[Brianna Van Zandt]

It is wonderful to receive a review like that. Thank you very much.

[Chris]

Nothing to critique...a truism

[Brianna Van Zandt]

Thank you very much.