Villain from the Masses

 I never liked heroes 

especially the ones with capes

They might be able to fly

look good in a suit and tie 

push themselves over a mountain so high

paint a picture of the future so bright.

I never liked heroes 

that put themselves at the last

their families a sacrifice 

and their children with expectations at a price

I never liked heroes 

because they choose to fight 

when there is nothing left

and their homes keep changing

within a world that is bereft

I never liked heroes 

because they are crusaders of good 

but only when bad is so bad 

that their good shines its own light

I never liked heroes 

because they fixed bigger wrongs 

while the smaller ones

have no right left in them 

I never liked heroes 

nor the villains 

for I was the middle ground 

the runt of the litter 

The one legion none of them care for 

I am the one alive 

injust for the greater good

but on the verge 

of ending in the greater dark

a Villain from the masses.