A hero amongst us

You no longer can pass the buck
Looks like you ran out of luck
Most people are burned out to the nines
The world’s pressing in
We feel naked as sin
We’re looking for a glimmer of hope
 
So, I call out in the dark
You can hear evil’s vicious bay
The words over and over, again I’ll say
A frantic call, I need to tell it all
 
Is there a hero amongst us?
One who can break from the pack
One who’s able to separate us from the chaos
which tries to hold us all back
 
Is there a hero amongst us?
One who seeks to carve the way
 to a righteous understanding
that each of us seek today
 
I don’t seem to have found that hero amongst us
Even those who say they are, have failed to be
Maybe the hero I’m looking for
Is the hero deep within me
 
Maybe, I shouldn’t look to others
to show me the way to live the life
I dream about every night and everyday
Why do I keep searching for a hero?
The ones I found have undoubtedly let me down
Maybe I should look deeper within myself
Perhaps that’s where a hero can be found
 
No need to be the strongest or the most wise
Just be the person amongst us
who can live life without deception and lies
One who looks at the glass of life as half full
Who sees the silver lining in every cloud
Who easily navigates life’s ebbs and flows
Who’s not prideful but empowered by all that they know
Who is tenacious and always finds a way
 
The hero I’m looking for
has the ability to give love in its purest form
Love all others as themself
and never cause anyone a bit of harm
 
It seems that I can’t find a hero amongst us
and even those who say they are, have failed to be
Maybe the hero that I’m looking begins right here, with me