Great Poetry

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

"I Need A Hero" By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB, and @brianrrs37 on twitter).

Do we need heros
Like those who landed
On the beaches of Normandy?
Yes.

Do we need Lori
To jump in front 
Of a Rabbi
To save his life?

Do we need
Kendrick Castillo
To rush a shooter
Of course we do

But here is the problem
Far too many don't see
It should be a last resort
Not a default position

Heros are not Rambo
Not Wonder Woman
Or Superman
Not Jesus or Allah 

Not Vishnu, not Buddha
But more mundane
Those who do
Whom seek no fame

Those who foster
Empathy not cruelty
Those whom rather
Debate and educate

Yes we need
Our protectors
But not ones whom
Vilify others

We are one species
On one home
It would do humanity
Better to reduce

The need for heros
The reluctant ones
Are true heros
Not the gung ho

Not those
Who defend a party
Defend a religion
Or nationality

But a hero
Who seeks to promote
To avoid all violence
At all costs

I am not claiming
I could do
The things that a cop
Lifeguard or Military do

I am saying
We should seek to reduce
The need for conflict
Before we get to that point.

Hero's  should seek extinction
Not breed like rabbits
For one man's hero
Is another man's enemy

But all of us
In our entire history
Have always been
The very same species.

You do understand that the title of the thread is 'Great Poetry', not 'Poetry Of Such Staggering Mediocrity That Anyone Should Be Ashamed To Claim It As Their Own', right?

Boru