{"sf1_id":529891,"sf2_id":"3eggE6Be","title":"Silent Heroes","author":"librios","words":294,"posted_at":"2013-04-23T01:56:00.000Z","tags":["Heroes","Poetry","Silent"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/529891-silent-heroes","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/3eggE6Be","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/33/3e/333e8f04-7ecf-4cc5-ab9b-7609fc810ec5","description":"#6 of Poetry\n\nThis was actually based off a situation that happened not too long ago. Just a lot was going on in my mind after this happened.","content":"    It was a clear sunny day\n    Just doing what i did most\n    Take a walk into town \n    Since it kept me out of the house\n    Plus it clears my mind\n    Whenever im preoccupied\n    I stop at a stoplight\n    To catch my breath\n    And from nowhere\n    A stranger approached me\n    And had asked me a question\n    It had to do with an achievement that i had got\n    And asked me if i was the one in the newspaper\n    I respond to him by saying yes\n    Suddenly he got teary eyed\n    Tells me that i'm an inspiration\n    And a hero\n    I don't know why\n    But for some strange reason\n    I really felt uncomfortable \n    He took off after 20 minutes of talking to me\n    And for maybe 10 minutes after\n    My mind went from preoccupied to dead silent\n    Out of all the people on earth\n    What made him consider me a hero?\n    Im just like the ordinary person\n    Yet he saw something in me that i could not see\n    There are people with professions\n    Such as policeman, firefighters, military\n    Real heroes that risk their lives everyday\n    To protect the people from harm\n    Yet im not any of those professions\n    Im no hero or a saint\n    Im not a police officer \n    Who everyday risks his life\n    to protect innocent civilians from harm\n    Or a fireman,\n    Who battles fires\n    And fights his way through fires \n    To save a life\n    I guess growing up, i was pretty quiet\n    And i always kept a low profile \n    When it came to achievements\n    Yet im just an ordinary person\n    Just like everyone else\n    Or is that just my mind that keeps telling me that?\n    It just feels so strange to me\n    Maybe the answers will reveal themselves to me\n    Sometime in the future\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/529724-memory.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/597643-within-dreams.json"}}