We Can be Heroes
What is important in your life,
Your family, job, or health?
Success, respect, or happiness,
Or maybe untold wealth?
Do you love your fellow man
Whatever race or creed?
Do you try to do what’s right,
Like, give to those in need?
Sometimes we need to take a stand,
To think outside the box.
Go where no man’s gone before,
Remove the chains and locks.
Most of us have steady jobs,
Working nine to five.
Security is what we seek.
Just go on with our lives.
But now you need to take a chance,
To risk life on a hunch.
Be daring and do something new,
Give life a bit more punch.
Change is sometimes frightening,
We stick to what we know.
But it really is inevitable
Stop going with the flow.
We need to act like heroes
Not follow blindly what we’re told
If we’re to shape tomorrow’s world,
Do something new and bold.
Our culture needs upheaval
So society can grow.
Be the light of a new dawn,
Let others see your glow.
Be brave and take the path unwalked,
Speak of the things unsaid,
Write about injustices,
Pave the way ahead.
The artist makes his first brush stroke
On a canvas white and bare.
A masterpiece awaits his touch,
He must paint without a care.
A writer’s words are powerful
But often the truth’s concealed.
He needs to show great courage,
And let secrets be revealed.
Teachers have unbridled power
To change our future world.
They mould and shape the active minds
Of every boy and girl.
So be the diamond in the rough.
Bravely take the lead,
Do what no one’s ever done.
You are the change we need.
From little things, big things grow,
Are words you should embrace.
Hand in hand and step by step,
We’ll create a better place.
Tackle tasks that can’t be done,
Stand out from the crowd.
We can be heroes,
In a society of cowards.
by John Hansen © 2016
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Fantastic piece, John. The older I get the more I see how important love and kindness is, yet I also see we need to step out, be bold and make the right changes in this world. Great work John.
Phyllis, thank you for that lovely comment. Yes, it is easy to show love and kindness, but getting out there and taking risks to make a difference is a little more difficult.
Wonderfully expressed. Heroes indeed just need to reach out to one another.
Thank you, Rasma. Yes, they do need to reach out and work together.
Sadly we do not teach this generation that hero’s are real folks and not in comic books or something you flash across the big screen – we need to teach them the values that we were taught as youngsters. Nicely done John.
Sadly we do not teach this generation that hero’s are real folks and not in comic books or something you flash across the big screen – we need to teach them the values that we were taught as youngsters. Nicely done John.
Kurt, you hit the nail on the head. We all have the hero gene inside us, we just have to put it into action.
So true, John, those of us who risk to live outside the accepted norm may appear odd and the 9-5ers will never understand. Risk is a part of life and without it, we would remain stagnant. Nicely penned my friend. Cheers!
Tony, that is so true. If no one took a risk in life there would never be any progress or improvement.
Well someone needs to or we will be driven into the ground. I feel like the whole hero thing has to start at home. Be a hero to my kids, my first task each new week. Then society comes next. Nice piece John. Very crisp, relevant, and great rhyming as well.
Exactly, Paul. We all need to be heroes at home and let our children understand that you don’t need superpowers. Then let them follow the example and change society for the better.