The Darkness That Resides In Me

Summary: A poem in Riku's POV about his life inside the darkness.((note each stanza will be separated by a line))

I only wanted help from the Darkness.

I needed the power to save my friend.

I never meant for it to go this far. I never meant to let myself let myself be consumed.

The power I received was intense and it overwhelmed me.

It was something I enjoyed.

To me it was a challenge meant to be enjoyed.

I had thought I was strong enough to, if needed, save myself from the Darkness.

The thought of being unable to save Sora and Kairi scared me.

I did all I could to protect the ones that I call a friend.

I followed my heart and sacrificed myself to the dark power so that the others were not consumed.

The Darkness resides in me, and I cannot see the light, for it is too far.

Have I really come this far?

Was this not something meant to be enjoyed?

Why did I let the others get involved, be consumed?

Only I was supposed to be exposed to the Darkness.

Do they no longer think of me as a friend?

I feel lost, like I'm no longer me...

This suffering, it was only meant for me.

Make them get out of here, let them escape to someplace safe and far.

I cannot let them see me, as I am not their envisioned friend.

I must continue to lie, pretend to be enjoyed.

For now, I belong in the Darkness.

As long as it resides in me, the others will not be consumed.

I have come too far, and now I am fully consumed.

I must hide myself from the others, hide myself from me.

Why did I choose the path of Darkness?

If I had not, would I still cry for my home, my friends that are a far?

This has become something that cannot be enjoyed.

Sora...Kairi...and everyone else...I need help from a friend.

If I cannot save myself, then there is no way I can save a friend.

Everything is leaving me, my life, my dreams, my heart, they all have been too consumed.

I miss my old life, those days on the island which I had enjoyed.

Can the light see me?

I can see it, and I can hear their voices; they are not far.

Have I finally been rescued from the Darkness?

My dear friend, Sora, saved me from my pain; he saved my consumed heart so that now I follow the paths of both Light and Darkness.

I can now live peacefully on this island that I enjoyed as a child, this island that is far from my dark past, this island that I can be with my friends and truly be...me.