the hero and the heart.

You hope to be remembered as a hero

As I look into your eyes and they spell out panels

Each pupil dark from pencil lines that create storyboards

with extra ink running even deeper because there was just too much to say
so story runs down the sides

Your eyes are oceans

Moats protecting the justice judicials

The super officials

The heroes

Because you wake up each morning

and put on courage like cologne

you are steeped in thoughts of how you’re alone

but you continue to wear truth like Technicolor tights

don't let yourself be any less than right
you wear love instead of a fight
you wear your heart on your sleeve
and that nice guy smile

I could write onomatopoeias for the inner battles you fight

As you punch out lights

And rumors
and hype

You think that nice guys finish last

But the truth is
the girls just move too fast because they're scared
to be treated correctly

A girl doesn’t think she deserves a vigilante

Because we damsels in distress

Live image depressed

Thinking that we’ll only ever get snatched up by villains

But I am the kind of girl

Who won't pass up the signal

Because when the alarm sounds

I’ll be the first on deadly ground
the girl I used to be isn't around
I'm no damsel, I am found

Because I knew it from the moment I saw your sweet disposition
you light up my days
like a Green Lantern mission

I would be Gwen Stacy 

If you’d be my Spiderman

A dynamic duo

Lois Lane and Superman

I would gladly be the woman watching you save days

And we’d live in a comic craze

Because behind every hero is a super lady friend

Behind every hero is heart

And no mutant professor could tear us apart

No evil plot, no underground bomb threat

Because I’d risk it all with no regret

Because you’ve always wanted nothing more than to be a hero

Well you are to me

though you never notice me

I’m the Invisible Woman

But I would sue storms for your attention

My Wonder Woman lasso could cut the tension

Because you

Are constantly caught up in

Catwoman calamity

While I sit back and listen

Trying to fulfill a mission

Of heart

Because you’re my hero

Whether you know it or not

We could be on fire

Human torch hot

And I may not own every issue

Of everything about you

But I’d gladly collect your memories

And put them in plastic to make sure they stay pristine

Because I say what I mean
 When I say

 I'd hide you in the back of the Hastings drawer
until I have the confidence to tell you what I see
That you’re a hero to me

And you can save my day anytime you’d like

till then I’ll take off on my bike

Pretending I don’t know how to fly

I’ll stay shy

And hope that one day

You’ll begin to read panel to panel

In my eyes
That you won't let yourself compromise
because you're amazing
you're a hero
and my heart's just in disguise**