A Poem a Day for November - Day 15: Mortal Superhero

If you know me, you know that my favorite superhero is Batman, because he's just a person (with way awesome gadgets) doing good for his city. In San Fransisco today, a boy's Make-A-Wish was granted by turning the city into Gotham and him into Batkid. Here's the article that I first read after hearing things about Batkid all day and not really knowing what was going on (it will make you BAWL, btw!). So, of course, my heart just broke for this kid.

Mortal Superhero

Make A Wish

    stop a few faux-crimes.

Just wanting to be a

                                        Superhero

                                                              for a day.

Never knowing

                            (maybe even realizing)

that you held a city

                               and country

                               captive.

A mere mortal

     like your idol,

       but you will be gone soon.

So small,

                   so young,

you will be remembered by many

                                                             who never met you

                      for making a divided country

                                                                        join together

                                                                        to root for you

                                                                        on your superhuman day.

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