A/N: First Danny Phantom fan work (other than my drawings on dA). Written Saturday for today's poetry slam, while listening to Linkin Park's CD: Hybrid Theory. My classmates thought it was dark but good, my English teacher loved it, and my stepdad was astounded. Still, the Judges weren't that impressed, I was given about an 8.9/ 10 (that was probably in the top 5), but I think my real problem was it was also on preformance, and I was shaking like a leaf. It's about Danny's feeling's about his powers, though this is pretty early on, before he gets his cockiness we've all come to easily recognise (yet, we love him anyway :-D). Read and review for an E-cookie and vast apriciation!

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom, so no sending lawyer hordes after me! Butch Hartman (whom we all love) owns him!


Ghost of a Chance

I have this power deep inside

And I know that it can cause tears

It can be a bright glow of hope

Or a raging torrent of fears

A weapon I hold, only mine

My burden to wield, I must fight

Everything I thought that I knew

I believe that I lost my light

The demons that I slay within

All that was white has become black

The shadows now have grown darker

And I know there's no turning back

My demons could hurt those I love

And so now these beasts I must smite

The darkness has enveloped me

And I can't find the shining light

Being a shadow of myself

You see me as a nobody

But I still stand for all that's good

Yet I do it all secretly

I know not if I can control

The great power I hold inside

Walking upon the line of death

Caught between two opposing sides

Looking upon my reflection

I can't quite seem to recognize

It's scary this power within

I face this foe, forgetting size

I must push all of them away

Going along my lonely dance

I can't risk my loved ones' safety

Not for just a ghost of a chance


A/N: R&R Please, constuctive critisism is apriciated!