Do We Need A Hero?

I've had just enough time...   to stop wishing for a hero to fight my fight.

Taken while walking in the street of Beirut, Lebanon.

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
of what I need

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Bonnie Tyler - "I Need A Hero"

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We need a hero,
We need him to be strong,
We need him to be fast,
We need him to make things right.

We need a hero,
We waited through the night
Till the early morning light.
Till they come with their might.

Till they took us away,
We were still waiting for our hero…

Hope Is A Thing With Feathers.

I've had just enough time...   to let fly a little hope.

Taken in the grounds of Shaolin Temple, China.

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all, 

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm. 

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

-"Hope Is A Thing With Feathers", Emily Dickinson.

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Cast your wish with hope

Let it fly without wings to

Cover a nation.

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Every Vote Counts! Yours Will!

Patriotism Is Not...

I've had just enough time...   to appeal others to vote.

Taken in Taiping

Patriotism is not about waving a flag aimlessly.

At the very least,

It is exercising your right -

To VOTE!

UNDILAH! (Please VOTE!)