Dark Knight Poem

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DARK KNIGHT This hero is known to some as a vigilante And to others a hero they needed, a dark knight. He is the guardian, who watches Gotham City from the sky, A protector who puts an end to the corruption and crime. Why is he a criminal to some? He hides in the shadows As if they were one and strikes fear from the dark. He started off fearing the creatures that lurk in the dark. He learned to control that fear and become a vigilante To some. A hero with a face hidden by the shadows, The very shadows that conceal the bats. The knight, With the symbol of a bat, was a symbol of fear to crime. They are not just fear but are symbols of Batman in the sky. As a boy he lost his parents to the sky, The heavens above. With a blackened heart and a dark Mournful look, he wanted vengeance. Because of crime He lost his parents. Inspired to be a vigilante Because of his lost he became the knight, The caped crusader who lurks the fearful shadows. With no special abilities he was taught to hide in the shadows. He was suppose to be fear itself striking from the sky. But to become that fear, the dark knight, He had to face his fear, the dwellers of the dark. He was one step closer to becoming the kind of vigilante Gotham City needed, a hero who could end crime. Throughout his training he was taught that crime Was a mere reflection of the shadows. That the shadows are crime in hiding and needed a vigilante To reveal the corruption. The signal light in the sky Was a beacon meant to strike fear to his enemies in the dark. This fear was a fear that embodied him that made him a dark knight. So what is he? He is the dark knight, The persecutor and punisher of crime, The man who hides under the dark, The fear within the murky shadows, The bat without wings who glides through the sky, The Batman who once started as the vigilante. He

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