We Need A Hero
October 26th, 2007
Where have all the heroes gone? The true under dogs, the rebels, the weaklings, and the invisible? The ones you’d pick last to bet on? The only ones who will step up to the plate in the end?
When did we suddenly need to be ‘super’ to fight against all odds and stand for what we believe in? When did we suddenly need cool gadgets and wacky costumes to prove our moral value?
When did bad guys suddenly need to be obvious? More so- when did we decide exactly what a bad guy looks like? From the raccoon mask and crazy grin to the modern turban and a funny accent? How did we fall so far that we need the bad guys to explain their plans in order for us to understand?
When did we decide that we were the good guys and everyone else was bad? And when did we decide that there were only two sides? In fact- when did we decide that we even had to be on a side at all?!
When did black and white become black and white? Are they really that obvious or are true darkness and light more subtle? When the frail man with a kind smile singing the praise of his god suddenly starts molesting children- doesn’t that seem just a little more than grey? What about when mere school children start taking guns to school and waging a war of their own?
Are they just trying to redraw the border? Rediscover it? Or are the sides only an illusion now? A product of our society because we know no other way? Is making them obvious just our way of placating ourselves because we really don’t have a clue what’s right and wrong anymore?
When did mothers start beating that which they brought into the world? When did fathers start beating mothers they love? When did we start calling the homeless: bums but become willing to pay the five cents a day to an organization that may have no merit to feed people in a country we’ve never heard of?
When did we stop caring that our children ‘experiment’ a little with this and that because experimenting is ‘normal’? When will we stop being hypocrites, liars, verbal abusers, and just about everything else that is said to make us human? If that’s true why the hell would we even want to be human in the first place?!
When did we start having to protect people from themselves? Protect them from protecting themselves?
Where did all the heroes go? Where, and when, and why? I only ask because the hour is late, the problem obvious, and the borders drawn. Now is the time for a hero.
So where are they?
Are we even worth saving? Or is it our turn to step up before it’s too late?
Hello my little spirit! how wonderfully put. We do need more heroes, but I do find it’s the unsung heroes that fill this world. On another note I was going through some of my older posts and noticed your faithful comments. I must admit I live on tea and comments. so THANK YOU for feeding one of my addictions. I may not comment often but I do come by a few times a week to take a peek.
quill
Woot woot to tea and comments! I always think it’s a shame when people don’t read past blog posts and comment on them- it’s like once then end up so far back they go into a black hole never to be mentioned again. :D You can expect tons of comments from me *big grin*.
Hi spirit, must agree with quill here. Hello quill :o) but the world also does need the heros that everyone can see and emulate.
A well written post spirit. Enjoy your tea and comments ladies. :oD
I agree on both accounts here. We need both the unsung and slightly more visable heroes but, alas sometimes it seems that no one wants to step up and do what needs to be done. *sigh*
;) You can expect loads of comments too EW!