Heroism Is Dead Katie Thornton, '26 Men on earth thrive on it People describe others with it Perform acts of goodness or even acts of evil around it But no one really knows the true meaning of it There are textbook definitions about it But no one really knows Soldiers die to gain this simple word People give their hope for this word, their love, desires, bliss ,dreams, laughter, happiness When will we stop sacrificing our souls and our minds for words that mean nothing For once it’s gone what will we have to use and what will people who gave their lovers, sons, and daughters gain from this we lead them our sympathy to use as armor because you say they know what they got themselves into when they signed up for this meaningless word legend , protector, bravery can describe it, Heroism stems from the word Hero Heroism isn’t just one word It’s many words with many meanings for different people But by itself it can be defined in many ways but it can also come with a lot of weight Good and Bad Positive and Negative Terrorists descibe themselves as Heroines Bombing school houses, buildings, roads, homes But for us heroism is what we use to describe us fighting for injustice Right ? And us bombing other people for the greather good of our country isn’t consider terrorism But when it comes down to it when we actually go through it because we blindly believe that did something wrong when they probably didn’t ,it’s justifiable and right but when another country tries to do it it’s act of treason when someone Commits arson, murder, or death by gun fire some may say that’s deem as heroism And the sad part is that they do it just to get the glory but The human race Being as stubborn as it is thinks this is the best way to get what we want And we don’t Care Who gets harmed in the processes We walk around everyday wearing pride on backs Because we think we’re superior then one another Russia thinks it’s better than ukraine China thinks it better the america And America thinks it's God The government is classified as savers armed soldiers ready for battle But it always makes decisions with blinders on Honestly I don’t think the government has made one choice that had nothing to do with but gaining nothing but more power We think that our government isn’t as bad as the governments in russia of china or india But we are I mean we’re just way better at hiding it Our government rules off of fear and intimidation It’s not as bad as the others but it’s not better And others governments are just cold blood killers What makes it worse is that they say that they care about our opinions but the first chance they get, they just disregard us like we’re nothing So I guess in this moment I have to say is thanks for serving our country I mean that’s what we should say right I mean you have always had our best interest at heart Like a mother protecting their children Oh wait you don’t actually take care of us like our children because you can’t even take care of our children because everyday their getting Sluder everyday but your worried about the children who don’t even exist yet So I guess we should bow down to the almighty american government But you will never deserve our respect as citizens of this country you lose that a long time ago Even though we say all of this in the backness of our minds we used the excuse the government is corrupt but when you actually think hard enough it’s our fault because we screwed it up to began with I mean we go to war every day if it’s not real war or it’s a political one a political one It’s a never ending cycle from triumph to vengeance to Apocalyptic unholy chaos to the innocent virtue of an unborn child If the government has enough time to take power away from on another they should have enough time to care about the people they call themselves protecting from the big bad outside world They Shoot one another because their leader just wants to see bloodshed and killing little kids in the cross hairs because they forget that their americans to even if their from another country they’re still as american as us But still they force 8-16 year olds kids to join their war but it’s not even theirs to fight People of the world say that terrorist are the bad ones Well take a look around We’re the ones who created the unseemly beast but we have too much pride to admit it A Couple of them were believers of the government once I but they were once those little kids you see in commercials dancing in the rain not care about a thing like they were floating on air But as they grew their light started to dim because they saw their government fail there people time and time again So unfortunately they took matters into own hands They claim it as just using what the gods of the universe gave them I’m not saying the way their try ing to get their voices and point across is right I’m saying that maybe for once we just listen to what ever dumb founded idea they have and take it in to consideration even if it’s dumb Just for once in our messed up lives can we act what we were made to be Human Think about that innocent child we damned by labeling them as a terrorist Because for they once had names and some what normal lives Until it went crashing down under all the weight that they shouldn’t be carrying because the government should be doing better Caring more than anyone person standing in a crowd And they should be getting suffocated by you or anyone else they should be the ones worry about the people where supposed t be protecting That isn’t fair to them and it isn’t fair to us And they shouldn’t be defined as such a word that will follow them for the rest of their lives And honestly we should be the ones to judge Considering all we have done in the past Do we not remember the phrase we the people I mean we created it in our most hopeful of times It’s like all of our memories of the past and how we overcame them have been forgotten just how we forgot that we’ew suppose to be fighting together and against All it takes is one action One crack One pivoting point of a person, a place or phrase or thing to change it all All the pain, loneliness, suffering There has to be a stopping point right? I mean I guess we should leave it too the professional The heroines of our stories The ones that has more heroism than anyone Ah it all comes back to the word heroism again After all of this do still think heroism is good word to describe someone My opinion this word is empty It means nothing and it always will Nothing it’s a thing made up with letter from the alphabet A word that men feel greatly about themselves to live up expectations put on them by the world And if they fail to live up to it there a failure as a men All this word cause is Self-deprecation, pride, comparison, unbelievable standards This word is despicable This is how I view and think this word when it rears it’s ugly head Listen this is just a generalization of what this word is Don’t go around say this word to someone without considering the repercussions Of saying it But hey you don’t have to listen to me I’m just a fourteen year old after all