Superpowers

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be to fly,

I’m not afraid of heights, I’m afraid of hitting the ground.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be invisibility,

I would disappear and would be forgotten.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be hyper strength,

How would I hug my nieces until I felt better?

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be telepathy,

To be driven mad, being bombarded by the constant thoughts of the narcissists who surround me.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be ultimate speed,

For its the journey that matters, not the destination.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be invulnerability,

A piece of me would be missing, even if it was the piece that could hurt.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be immorality,

I couldn’t live through the deaths of all of the ones I love.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be illusion manipulation,

Living in reality is so much more satisfying.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be time manipulation,

Why live in the past or agonize over the future?

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be pyrokinesis,

Flames are an unstoppable force and consume everything in their path.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be metamorphosis, 

No one trusts their own face looking back at them.

If I had one superpower it wouldn’t be weather manipulation, 

If I can't trust myself to control a car how could I do the same with a volatile thing like weather?

If I had one superpower to choose for myself,

It would be the ability to re-read any books for the first time, anytime I wanted and as many times I felt like it.

Reviews

[Brett Moore]

I think this one would be better served with out the lines through the words. I know it's stylized, but to me the words serve the purpose of the poem well enough.

I love the message here. The thrill and the wonder of a good story or poem is just as awe inspiring as anything else. I'm not going to lie, I would take flying or the ability to spontaneously create money, but I like where your head is at!

[Rosilani Murdoch]

Thank you! Someone else told me that it would be easier to read without the strikethrough. I think I should change it then. Make it easier to read. I appreciate your great review :) The inspiration for this came from that Cat Stevens song “Moon Shadow”. My mom used to sing that to me at night to put me to sleep. I would lie there and think a lot about acceptance. I guess this is a Millenial comic book geek's derivation of that song.

[Warrior]

Reading this put some thought into my mind. It makes people think of the flaws of having super powers, or things in general. It really got me thinking. Great job writing this.

[Rosilani Murdoch]

Thank you! While I wrote it I was thinking of “be careful what you wish for”. In almost every story where someone receives wishes, they end up going bad. The ones that don’t are the simple, pure ones that don’t change their life, only things like them wishing for a cupcake. To some, this may seem like a silly superpower poem, but I like that you got it is about accepting things for how they are.