Hero of the day

the hero of the day is my hero but
tomorrow is another day

sadness enters my eyes today's ladders
i can't climb, i sit and read some
poetry the words just ease my mind

the window that looks in my back yard
takes me to another place i can hide
as the fire burns away, i can read in
my book of poetry

the echo's within my brain returns a
simple childhood hidden picture frame

i sit in within my chair looking sad
and full of despair as i look down as
i grab another book i open the page and
take a look

and it goes something like this:

we need to stop
  just stop
stop for a moment
before anybody
says or does anything
that may hurt anyone else
we need to be silent
  just silent
silent for a moment
before we forever lose
the blessing of songs
that grow in our hearts
we need to notice
  just notice
notice for a moment
before the future slips away
into ashes and dust of humility


My hero of today is a spirit
that lives in each of us who
sits and want to write poem
and poetry and as a great
spirit once said a heart song
that we all have

my hero today when i get blue
or sad or even mad is the angel
spirit of Mattie Stepanek

thanks Mattie, for the time
you graced the world with your
small but big spirit.