Were I to choose a superpower
What would it be?
To leap tall buildings at a single bound?
Outrace the fastest jet airplane or rocket?
Be impervious to bullets, fire, violence?
I ponder
And realize that none of these powers
Hold much weight
If after exerting them
People are still in need
I would want my superpower to be
That to alleviate Want
Pain
Suffering
In all whom I could serve
And yet, I find I already hold that power
Free for the giving
If I only but choose to employ it
Being called Compassion
Charity
And Love
I ask only the courage
To share my superpower
With the world
