To celebrate poetry month and superhero month (which I thought was a thing but maybe it isn't) I'm writing three MORE Superhero poetry anthologies, starting with Spiderverse, the best animated movie of last year. Enjoy!
Myles
I didn't ask for this
It hit me like a ton of bricks
I can lift a ton of bricks!
I didn't ask for this
I don't belong here
Just wanted to disappear
Now I can disappear!
I don't belong here
I didn't ask for this
I'm not Myles the hero
No expectations
Testing lower than zero
I didn't ask for this
I don't belong here
I didn't ask for this
I don't belong here
Gwen
I respectfully ask
You do not
Get involved
In my life
Keep my distance
Keep my eyes closed
I don't want
Your friendship
Your fistbumps
Your smile
I respectfully ask
You do not
Like my hair
Spiderham
Death happens
To all of us
To little boys
Little girls
Little pigs
It wasn't us
Wasn't our fault
Great power
Great responsibility
But we can't
Stop death
It just happens
To all of us
Peni Parker
I don't usually cry
There's water in my eyes
I am not used to this
I know I look like a kid
I'm not supposed to fit
But I'm used to this
Heroes never cry
Heroes never die
I'm not used to this
Keep up your smile
Fight through the trials
I'm used to this
I don't ever cry
But people sometimes die
I hate getting used to this
Noir
I have a little spider family
When I didn't think it was possible
That I have a family
That I could belong
It is different now
Having them
Having color
Having purpose
But I like to believe
That they need me
That those little kids
Peni and Myles and Gwen
Need a Noir looking out for them
I have a little spider family
Connected through dimensions rather than blood
A tiny little spider family
That taught me what was possible.
Peter B.
I have lived my entire life afraid
Don't they see it?
I get up again but I am terrified
I didn't ask to be Spiderman
No one ever does
I fell in love absolutely petrified
I couldn't move my feet the day I married
Not because they were cold
Just because I was scared
I am always scared
MJ wanted to have kids
And I ran away
I was too frightened I'd screw them up
And I became the screwup
Then I fell into the multiverse
Which was freaky
And I found some kids to mess up
But somehow, I didn't
Somehow I taught someone how to not be afraid
And I became less a coward
More a hero
And I returned, ready to fall
Ready to have a family
Whether or not I would screw up
Whether or not I was afraid
