A.N.: Hello everyone! Here is the first of the slew of writing content I hope to deliver over the weeks when a new chapter of Portrait of a Young Woman or What Happens After Next? I wrote this poem about a year ago, in Spring of 2006, not so long after I beat Kingdom Hearts II. I hope you guys just like what I have to offer, since this is different from the normal stories I usually write.

Can you guess who this is about..? I'll tell you once you're done reading the poem. Now get reading!!!

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"Within the Realm of Darkness"

A Shakespearean Sonnet

By

Malcolm Yuy

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I am trapped within the realm of darkness

Where love is lost and light cannot be found

And my heart feels like that of a heartless

Cold, bitter, where the body and soul feel unbound

And as my heart wavers, I can feel light

Disappearing into the shadows to

Further power the realm of endless night

What's happening to me? What can I do?

To escape this darkness and become one

Reach the doorway of light, and onward, home?

Yet, if I escape, I may be undone,

My being destroyed and my heart, alone…

I hear your voice, and now, we'll truly see

Who reigns over darkness, my fear, or me?

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If you can't figure it out from the diction, it's about Riku, when he trapped in the realm of darkness during Chain of Memories. I wrote this for a poetry project in English 1102 and I just thought it was cool to write about this. And this sonnet was the result.

So until next time, later readers!- Malcolm Yuy