Super Herooes downfall and rise

there was a time in my life when I turned my nose to the air
when someone called for help I would just stop and stare

a time when someone fell I just stopped and laughed
but never could I imagine I was on a dangerous path

thought I was invincible like a comic book superhero
never thought to myself what if I was a zero

a nobody a nothing someone who I just dismissed
feeling a sense of darkness just like deaths kiss

turmoil and rage followed by career suicide
thought I could save everyone had too much pride

Superman to my children but me Im Clark Kent
trying to do too much has made my self spent

so I start over new and fresh with lessons learned from the past
making new relationships with people which will last

never again will I make those mistakes in which I made too many times
Ive been there and done that and paid for all my crimes

marriage fell apart lost ones I loved the most
for years I spent my life here like a tireless ghost

a shell of my former self which cared about everyone
the life of the party making everybody have fun

now that I look back it wasnt all bad
but looking forward to the future not the past I once had

I will be a better man for my kids and my girl
because that's what I care about most in this world

get a better job so I can do my self right
and not going to bed wondering what if every night

so if I were a comic book hero Id be wolverine
healing factor high indestructible but not so mean

acute abilities and a stable and steady man
friends galore to finally give me a helping hand

make no mistake I thought I was all that back then
but this is where my new life will take place and begin