Hero on the ledge

The mask had been put back on. It was time to be the hero my city needed me to be. The thing about this city tho, is she didn't need to be saved. Yet somehow, some way, the call for a hero was heard. What i ask is, why go above and beyond to call upon a hero to save you, when local help has already served and protected. Was it my city's cry for help on a different matter? Even tho local authority kept her safe, was there something normally unattainable that made her call upon me? Was it the hero image? I mean, anyone would take the adventurous route over the plain by-the-book method. It's the expected choice. Or maybe the hero is only needed to simply fill the void between ordinary and extraordinary. Either way, its when the locals conflict with the hero that makes this precious city go mad. All order is lost, all rules go out the window. A city in chaos is born and at some point, the locals turn their back upon their city, and turn a clenched fist towards the masked man intent on restoring the peace. I guess that line makes sense now. "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

And as it should be, the hero takes the higher road. With furious locals, and his irrelevant attempts at saving grace, this beautiful city cannot exist in happiness. She needs to be restored to the times before the hero was called. When it was just her and her town folk, calmly looking after one another.

As for the hero himself, he's still here. Standing atop one of the many buildings looking down on her beauty. With one foot off the ledge, the realization hits that maybe right now a hero isn't quite what she needs. So our hero takes one more step, slipping off the ledge. Its at this point I become curious to know, will he ever be recognized for the hardships he did fight thru to keep her sane over his time with her? Perhaps. But a hero doesn't do it for recognition. But simply because it's right. It's not about doing great things when people are watching that makes you the hero, its knowing that even when your alone and completely unattended, you still have the heart to do what's right. Sometimes it means your not what's right at the moment. Sometimes eliminating the problem means eliminating yourself... And in this case it's the only way to correct the issue... to die while still a hero, before the city you love sees you as the villain...