# Silent Heroes

Author: librios
Tags: Heroes, Poetry, Silent

#6 of Poetry

This was actually based off a situation that happened not too long ago. Just a lot was going on in my mind after this happened.

    It was a clear sunny day
    Just doing what i did most
    Take a walk into town 
    Since it kept me out of the house
    Plus it clears my mind
    Whenever im preoccupied
    I stop at a stoplight
    To catch my breath
    And from nowhere
    A stranger approached me
    And had asked me a question
    It had to do with an achievement that i had got
    And asked me if i was the one in the newspaper
    I respond to him by saying yes
    Suddenly he got teary eyed
    Tells me that i'm an inspiration
    And a hero
    I don't know why
    But for some strange reason
    I really felt uncomfortable 
    He took off after 20 minutes of talking to me
    And for maybe 10 minutes after
    My mind went from preoccupied to dead silent
    Out of all the people on earth
    What made him consider me a hero?
    Im just like the ordinary person
    Yet he saw something in me that i could not see
    There are people with professions
    Such as policeman, firefighters, military
    Real heroes that risk their lives everyday
    To protect the people from harm
    Yet im not any of those professions
    Im no hero or a saint
    Im not a police officer 
    Who everyday risks his life
    to protect innocent civilians from harm
    Or a fireman,
    Who battles fires
    And fights his way through fires 
    To save a life
    I guess growing up, i was pretty quiet
    And i always kept a low profile 
    When it came to achievements
    Yet im just an ordinary person
    Just like everyone else
    Or is that just my mind that keeps telling me that?
    It just feels so strange to me
    Maybe the answers will reveal themselves to me
    Sometime in the future

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/3eggE6Be
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