four beliefs

i keep these in my secret heart,
the four beliefs of mine:

love keeps us tethered to the soul
with hopeful bits of twine

that truth is a ubiquity
that few have eyes to see

there unity in differences
within humanity

and finally that, though may we scheme
and try to live our plan
the best that we can ever do
is do the best
we can

Where Heroes Still Soar

Action Comics 17

I know a place, it’s a wonderful place
Where there’s always more room to explore –
Where lies are not told and all children are loved,
And venturesome heroes still soar

For dark grows the shadow where men have long lived,
Where all hope is ground into dust –
Then cold and abandoned, we wander astray,
And only look up when we must

But there is a place, it’s a wonderful place
Where the shadow is shamed by the light;
For there is a real place where heroes still soar
And people still honor what’s right