True heroes are not sportsmen or sportswomen though some with that would not agree <br />And true heroes are not wealthy power brokers with a strong sense of I, myself and me, <br />'No' true heroes are the under class battlers whose battle is against the odds <br />The poor and the forgotten fringe dwellers and the people frowned on by the Gods. <br /> <br />True heroes not Hollywood starlets or president or king or queen <br />And nothing is written about them in Newspaper and magazine <br />They are seen as the under achievers by those who have tainted the name of success <br />Those who believe that the influence of money is the only key to happiness. <br /> <br />True heroes live in the poor suburbs the working poor and those on welfare <br />They keep keeping on through the hard times and battle the ghosts of despair <br />It's so true that many must grow poorer just to create one new millionaire <br />And don't tell me that in war as in love that everything in life is fair. <br /> <br />True heroes in many ways powerless as they struggle up life's steep incline <br />And they don't dine in upper class restaurants and drink the most expensive wine <br />The odds seem heavily stacked against them yet bravely they keep keeping on <br />And only the truest of heroes keep hoping when all hope seems gone.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/true-heroes/
