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

Chapter 1: Dark Brings Safety, Light Is Fear

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)

Chapter 2: Stuck In My Game (Riddler's Anthem)

Riddle me this, come and join my game

Riddle me that, you'll never be the same

You dare to question my genius?

Well then, simpleton, riddle me this!

Who? Well that's the Enigma, isn't it?

Where? Wherever nothing else can be

What? A simple test of your intellect

How? With a dash of Mister E

Why? Because (I must) it's fun, of course!

So what do you say? Will you take a guess?

(Ha, as if you have a choice)

Too dumb to even form a hypothesis?

(Is that a stutter in your voice?)

We're getting closer to the end

You must know you cannot win

It's like music, the sound of your panicked feet

Running through my maze

You think that you can get away with a cheat

But nothing escapes my gaze

You lose, bringing the boredom that's ever my plight

(Riddle me this...)

When he comes from a shadow, like the living night

(Riddle me that...)

I grin as my true opponent shows up to fight

(Who's afraid...)

He's left screaming as I take my flight

(Of the big bad Bat?)

He's stuck in my maze, let the game begin!

I bid him adieu with a tip of my hat

I scream in frustration as he cheats to win

(Because I know he's smarter than that)