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Superhero
Contributed by
darkscorpio
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Wednesday, 4th March 2009 @ 10:12:13 PM in AEST
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There once was a time where I thought I could save the world
Fist in the air, head in the sand
Always the first to lend out my hand
And as years went by and I got older
The burden grew more, and my hand got colder
Till I crawled from the wreckage, of giving too much
And that hand that I gave, became another one’s crutch
The cape of a superhero, clipped in mid flight
Because I would take on someone else’s fight
And the burden of boundaries became my kryptonite
Left for dead on the side of the road
Let go of the burdens and eased the load
That was in my mind, and clouded my thoughts
A hero no longer, all human, distraught
The cross of a savior, hung up to see
A vacancy there? Oh gee, thanks for me!
And another burden falls onto my heart
As I put on that cape, and do my part
What I finally know, is I can’t save you
If you live in denial, and let sickness through
You whine and complain, “help, hero, save me”
And do nothing to change, and I finally see
The hero’s retired from helping your life
Until you step up, and put down the knife
No more jumping to save the day
No more sympathy, find another way
…..My cape is hung up on the shelf
Get off your ass and save yourself….
Copyright ©
darkscorpio
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2009-03-04 22:12:13]
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Re: Superhero
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 5th March 2009 @ 12:07:32 AM AEST
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Oh my god!!!! Excellent. And I so love this metaphor/line: And the burden of boundaries became my kryptonite
You are so right, sometimes we just have to hang up the cape and let them fend for themselves.
Nicely done.
I hope it gets better.
Take care,
Tim
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Re: Superhero
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by sammie3077 on
Thursday, 5th March 2009 @ 03:34:11 AM AEST
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| What a long road to realizing you can't save the world....and a great write out of it! I love it! |
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Re: Superhero
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by ShaonKra on
Thursday, 5th March 2009 @ 04:28:53 AM AEST
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| I like this one, good use of techniques |
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Re: Superhero
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by 110277 on
Wednesday, 11th March 2009 @ 03:07:26 PM AEST
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've got to give you a medal for this poem .))
like that motion, some power, you know..
and yeah, let's be heroes by saving ourselves!.. you're good on words there .)) |
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Re: Superhero
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by ScorpionFire88 on
Monday, 16th March 2009 @ 01:56:45 PM AEST
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| Very deep, lovely writing. |
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