the response to my last TMNT poem was really positive, and today I got an idea for one about Mikey! so, i typed this up and i feel like it's a little longer then my other poetry fanfic (you think I'm Fearless, Raphael?) which is about Leo. if you haven't read it, please do. and if you have, enjoy this one! and please remember to review!

You can call me whatever you want, really!

I let it go right between my ears,

in the place you say is empty.

But sometimes, just sometimes,

Your words get stuck.

And i wonder, do you know who I am?

Do you know i would die for you, do you really believe it?

Do you know that for you, i would travel the cosmos,

searching and plotting to save all my bros?

I'm sorry i distract you

I'm really sorry, i am!

I just hate to see my family all tense

Like you are now

I try to make you laugh and smile,

I do, i try my best

For you to be happy like i want to be,

i'm happy because of this!

Smiling makes you happy,

i've figured it out on my own.

But sometimes i wonder if my brothers have yet

Days go by when none of you smile or crack a grin

And i hate myself for that

I'm sorry i couldn't make you laugh and smile like when we were kids

But i want you to know that when it comes down to it,

I'm always here for you

Waiting for you to reach out

I make my jokes and pretend to be dumb because it makes you smile

I go through emotional damage and pain, for you

You call me an idiot and a shell brain, i know

I do mess up sometimes, it's true

And yeah, i don't know what a center fudge is

But that's beside the point, really

Because i would find out and get you twenty,

if that's what would make you smile.

And if i could replace everything i've broken,

Or every comic page i've ruined (on accident, they're comics!)

I'd do it gladly even if i had to trade my soul.

Because, well because we're brothers

And i'd do anything for you

I mean it, guys. I tried my best every time.

Against those squirrelanoids, i thought i'd die

And i would have, if it hadn't been for you.

And when those freaky wasps made you all go crazy

I nearly died trying to help you out

And thanks to you, I'm fine.

What about those neutrinos? Sneaky little devils huh?

They would have made me all but a shell

If it hadn't been for you.

And that's why i love you guys so much

I'd really do anything if you could all smile

I'd really really give my shell and die for you,

if it meant you'd smile

So whenever i try, please remember

This is all for you

I promise i'll be smarter

That i won't annoy you on purpose,

And that i won't talk during missions.

I promise that my fire will be carefully controlled, like a lamp.

But sometimes it escapes my grasp and i go flying free

Like my turflytle costume, that was one of those times.

Good times, bro.

Just remember that it's all for you

Every stupid question

Every dumb joke

Everything i do is for you guys

I love you so much dudes!

Everything i try is so that our family won't fall apart!

I don't want to be without you, you're part of me

And once someone is part of me they never really go,

Even if you really quit the team,

Or if you spend six days straight in your lab,

Or if you meditate all day.

I'll be waiting, forever waiting,

For my bro times again.

I'll be there with my popcorn and video games

Waiting for you

I'll always be there when you need me

If you need me.

If you need to forget about responsibility,

you can count on me.

I'd sell my life to science for you guys!

Come to think of it, they would pay a ton.

That doesn't matter, really.

Because no amount of money or toys

Like, i dunno, my unicorn man

Nothing would keep me from loving my family

Nothing, repeat, nothing.

You know the reason i'm alive is cuz of you.

But, do you know that i've saved you too?

Those wasps could have eaten you,

But they didn't

Just remember that i'd give my life for you,

If you gave me the chance.

And also,

You can call me whatever you want, really!

It slides right between my ears.

In a place i know is full of love.

And when it gets stuck there,

like it sometimes does

The love makes it into concern from my brothers.

So call me whatever you want,

I store your concern away.

Because we all seem to know that there will be a day,

That i'll need every bit of it, but not really for myself.

Not for myself but you.

I'm going to need concern for you

When the day comes that i have to

Risk my life to save you, bros.

I'll use it all.

For you.