SAVED

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SAVED

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He was on track to be a criminal

He had all the markers  

Already a rap sheet of petty offenses

Yet

When he saved the child from a raging river

He was labeled a "Hero"

On the front page of the paper

The principal of his school had a special assembly

To pin a medal on the same kid

He had in his office last week for fighting

Now he is a hero

Girls are looking at him differently

His parents on the news looking slightly surprised

At their challenging son's sudden heroism

Yes, now he is on track to be something heroic

Instead of a small-time loser rotting in a cell

So - whose life did he really save?

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