Today’s writing prompt asks me to consider what super power I would have and how I would use it.

When I were a lad, superheros were fewer than they seem to be now in the general conciousness. Superman, Batman & Spiderman, and a bit of Hulk. Now they seem to be everywhere! There is even an IBD Superheros group focused on finding a cure for IBD.

I’ve always been drawn to Batman (argueably not a superhero) bcause he was just a man with a sense of justice (I’m talking Adam West Batman here) and then became as the more recent films developed darker and more brooding, but still a man who trained hard, and had loads of cool gadgets.

Superman seems to have the powers going on – flight, X Ray vision, super hearing, hot eyes and cold breath. X Ray vision might have appealed to my teenage self (because boobies) but I actually think I would rather have MRI vision.

Along my journey with IBD I have had many MRI scans. And they have investigated many interesting things. Has my internal pouch healed? Is there an abscess? Why do they keep recurring?

I’m also aware of a number of people who are very fearful of the tunnel style MRI scanners, so a super hero who could just look and see would be helpful to them too.

Perhaps super speed would be good to chase after my toddler, or flight to beat the rush hour on the commute to work. Wolverine has super-healing, which would be useful at the moment with this chronic wound – or some kind of limitless energy – maybe being powered like Iron Man?

Of course many superheros are flawed – humans who have been given a power somehow, and wrestle with how to use it for the best – or the worst. And, as Uncle Ben says – ‘With great power comes great responsibility.’ – so I’ll decline having a super power, and just try to be an awesome human.