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Dark Brings Safety, Light Is Fear (And Other Batman Poems/Songs)

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Batman - All Media Types Batman: The Animated Series
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Bruce Wayne Joker (DCU) Pamela Isley Victor Fries Selina Kyle Oswald Cobblepot Jonathan Crane Harvey Dent Edward Nygma Jervis Tetch
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English
Originally published
on AO3 · updated 24 Apr 2025
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554 words2 chapters 25 sparks0 comments0 bookmarks7 readsUpdated 24 Apr 2025
Summary

First chapter: A poem about Batman and his Rogues. Dark is not always evil, while light is not always good.

Notes

42nd published work - the answer to Life, The Universe, And Everything (but what is the question?)

Chapter 1: Dark Brings Safety, Light Is Fear


Any Rogues you want me to add?

One of darkness

Wings spread wide

Where he searches

None can hide

 

('Vengeance!' he cries

To empty skies

Good at heart

A world apart)

 

One of laughter

Poisoned mirth

For ever after

He walks the earth

 

(Batsy, won't you

Come and play?

Batsy won't you

Make my day?)

 

One of nature

No, just plants

Animals, fauna

Mere annoyance

 

(Into the earth

One way she went

Out of the earth

Her care all spent)

 

One with freezing

Heart of stone

Crosses lines

All alone

 

(My dear, my sweet 

My love so true

If it destroys me

I'll save you)

 

One with purr

And flashing claw

For fairness' sake

She'll break the law

 

(So shiny, Brucie

Just for we?

Yes, but I can't

Stop being me)

 

One of birdsong

He hears their call

One at the top

He had a fall

 

(Waddle, squawk

Still human, alone

Splash, cawcaw

But is that known?)

 

One of fear

Broken soul

Never care

That's his rule

 

(Boo! He screams

So you don't see

The broken mind

That once was he)

 

One, no two

A flip of silver, damaged disk

Decides your fate

50/50, is the risk

 

('No!' he yells

'Yes!' he'll rebuke

The things he does

Make him puke)

 

One of questions

Answers, facts

He always wins

If not, attacks

 

(I didn't - did - cheat

I never - always - lie

I'm not believed

Yet I'll still try)

 

One of madness

Literature

He'll chase his Alice

Forever

 

(The man is gone

Sound mind no more

The Hatter stands

Where he was before)

 

Welcome to Gotham

A city where

Dark is safety

Light brings fear

 

(Laughter, riddles, flipping coin

Games and stories, poetry

Have no place in gloomy Gotham

Except in supervillainry)

25 carried over from the original posting

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