A/N: Hey, uh I *finally* decided that maybe if I want to become a better writer I should actually let other people see my work besides me? Eep! I'm nervous oh gosh. Okay well this is my first story well actually poem on here. and I might post some stories If people like them? Okay Well that's enough from me. Thanks! And please no flames

Oh and I don't own TMNT or any of the characters

Fearless leader

to literally mean without fear

but what does it mean

to face your worst fears?

To expierience the unknown, to make the decisions no one else can make

To do the unexpected

life has become a chess board

all about strategies and military tactics

carfeul moves

paranoid

10 steps ahead of everyone else

yet

they don't know me

or the pressure

the pressure to be perfect

to be the best

all the things I do

they don't realize

that I do it for them

i was told at a young age that emotions made you weak

and our enemies

needed to know that I was powerful

unmerciful and unforgiving

relentless

now everyone thinks

that I am above them

but..

they have just forgotten

that I am just like them

but they don't care

anything I do now

is done alone

in silence

so no one will ever find out

no one knows about the tears shed behind closed doors

to be fearless means to know no emotions

and Im just a pawn in this game called life

and i'm just playing my part

commanded to do what im told

glossy eyes

and perfect composure

because while im dying on the inside

I have to pretend to be the fearless leader

not only for the world to see

but to keep me from falling apart