My True Hero
January 15th, 2008 by AdminA hero is someone who stands up for
what they believe in and fights for what is right.
Some powerful heroes in the world that I know about,
heard about, or learned about in school are
Gandhi, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr.,
Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks.
These are people who fought for what was right,
even when all odds were against them.
I think that defines a true hero.
I think of these people as heroes,
but none of them has had a direct impact on my life.
They weren’t there to stop me from crying
When I fell off my bike and scraped my knee.
They weren’t there to console me each time I
woke up in a cold sweat because someone was after me
and they surely don’t make sure that I
eat everyday and never go hungry and
that I always have clothes on my back.
There’s just one person
who does all of this for me
and he is my true hero.
he is my dad.
– Chea Sayon
From a WritersCorps publication at Mercy Housing California, and from “Tell the World,” published by HarperCollins.
Poem of the Month: January 2008
