Superhero Poem by Mark Heathcote

I never picture you giving up
to me; you're a superhero
with a superhero's emblematic smile.
I never picture you giving up and folding
it doesn't matter how old you get
you've always been able to put on a show.

You've always been able to jump over a rainbow
and when the air smelt of kerosene
and when the world has resembled a carcinogenic dream
to you, it was just the emblem of a rose
daily plucked from the seams of heaven.
That still from this day on continually grows.

To me, you're a superhero
with a superhero's emblematic smile.
To me, there's not a day that passes by I wish
I hadn't your strength of character
the will to never fold
show this world you are an effervescence rose.