Once again, I’m dipping into the poems I wrote this past semester for my poetry class! This poem was really fun to write, and it’s a bit of a precursor to the post I plan to post next week about writing superheroes. Hope you enjoy!
real
c.b. cook
a small man
in a too-big suit
fights a man in an alley
who is too big
for him to beat
a broken woman
burdened by her past
mistakes tries
to erase them
by doing good
a sad man
with lots of money
drowns his sorrows
and PTSD
in alcohol
the small man
becomes a big man
who fights for good
even when he’s lost
all the things he loves
the broken woman
gives hope
saves a friend
and the world
by giving up her soul
the sad man
finds a new purpose
a true love
real friends
and gives them his life
not real
but real
and struggling
just like us
and maybe
that’s why
we like
superheroes
so much
What did you think of this poem? Do you know which superheroes these all are? Comment down below with your thoughts!