The everyman is
Consumed by the need
To don a new
Identity
Think they can be
Superheroes
With a mask, a cape
And a new name
Think that a cause
Can be elevated
By having some titles
In groups they made
And with each conflict
Or obstacle, the
Effects of individuals
Become more residual
As a hero’s power
Wanes on its own
They form these leagues
To ‘better protect’ us
Making masks out of cardboard
And creating machines in
Their homes to help defend
The names of their cause
No purse-snatching thieves
Stalking the streets
Now we’re all weary of the
Self-proclaimed ways
Destroying and taking
All the live long day
While we all strive to
Make a better place
These crimes are in
The name of progress
We say we must resist
Those who set society
And yet they don’t fight
With their personalities
They fight as our groups
As our super hero leagues
Buildings burned by cocktails
We become more drunk by the
Meaning behind molotovs as
They scorch clashing ideologies
Freedom of speech
Means freedom to disagree
But it’s taken to mean
That others are enemy
Systems suffer ever more
By unchecked masks and
Their power to move
Entire cities to knees
They’ll never be pleased
No amount of money
Or support will justify
Them feeling injusticed
At the end of the day
Their masks are removed
And they walk among us
Like the average citizen
But they still need to ‘win’
Be more than unsatisfied
With the things their
Actions desperately justify
In a world increasingly
Neglecting what’s personal
To feel unique they only
Show their alter egoes
Consume Reality! 