Assorted Heroic Words: Trace Element

a chemical element, as iron, copper, etc., essential to nutrition, but only in very small quantities

The thing Marty understood,
from reading comics,
about his own nature,
was that it was okay
to be a minor superhero,
that he never had a shot
at being the most-loved
or most-famous
or best,
but that he could still play
an important role,
that his efforts
could still be noticed
and even
appreciated.