My Name

by Brett A Longman

A poem for Riku, who has quickly become my favourite character in the Kingdom Hearts games. He's been a huge inspiration for my friend Riku of Darkness, and I wanted to see how I would fair using him as an inspiration to me. I felt it went pretty well, an

My Name..

I weild darkness, part of life
Control it, feeling free
The problem is it once belonged
To Ansem, not to me

He tries to pull the strings like I'm
A vessel for his need
I fight it with my will and strength
I won't let him take me

The difference between us two
Dark's not my only way
I take the path 'tween black and white
My life's a life of grey

The light is there to guide me back
When darkness gets too strong
The darkness there to give me strength
To help me carry on

The balance isn't equal as
You might think it should be
The darkness holds a higher place
Than light deep within me

The wierdest part is that with me
I'll live with little light
As even just a small ammount
Will keep the balance tight

How can this be? You guess as good
As any I could make
Why is it that the darkness can't
Make my life it's to take?

I think the reason just might be
That I don't want it to
I want my life to live myself
For my name is Riku.

My first attempt at a Riku poem, based heavily on Chain of Memories. I really tried to capture the essence of his struggle, both with the outside world, and the struggle deep within himself. Let me know how I did!