I recently finished the Last Ronin series, and a certain idea struck me. Mikey in the Last Ronin experiences all ranges of emotions….so why not write a poem about it! Hopefully all the words sound smooth. Enjoy and please R&R!

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TMNT

Fragile

That's what they called me

It seems that only logic could free me from this predicament

The rocks fell as metal clanged against the wall

My name was being called

But I didn't hear it

My whole body shuddered

A rock landed next to my arm

Another by my leg

This feeling

I didn't like it

This situation

I also hated it

But there was no help

There never was

My brothers died before me

Now I'm all alone

It wouldn't matter if I died

I was a mistake

Useless

Maybe it was better that my brothers moved on without me

I pushed them away

For what reasons, I don't know

Now I'm going to go on alone

Without any guidance

But that wasn't new

I have lived years without any help

April tried

Casey moved on

But I never did

My anger led to repulsive choices

Some of which I want to forget

I wanted freedom

Innocence

A life without any burdens

But that was so child-like

I didn't how the world worked at the time

My brothers did

But I never listened

They tried to free me from my childish attributes

But I didn't achieve their expectations

After their deaths, I tried to stay who I was

That was a mistake

I changed for them

Became more of a man

But when I did, they yelled at me to change back

I didn't listen

And probably never would

They died

Leaving me all alone

What could have they expected?

I wanted to grow up for years

But it was their deaths that moved the last straw

I was never arrogant of their behaviors

But I was jealous of their praise

I was always the baby

Never meant to change

But I was never stupid

I knew their reasons

Yet I let them have their fun

I thought I was helping them

Maybe I was

It's not that I don't regret that

Never

But sometimes I wished they saw the true me

Even now in the afterlife, their obvious to my pain

So why live?

Why even try anymore?

It wouldn't matter if I tried

Rocks kept tumbling down

There wasn't a way out

But for once, I wasn't disappointed

I did what I was sent to do

Make my brothers happy

And I did, maybe at the cost of my pain

But there wasn't anything I could do that would change that

If I could back in the past

Maybe I would show the true me a little bit

But there wasn't any anger left in me anymore

I was going to die

There wasn't a way out

Unless I gave it all my might

But there wasn't a purpose to exabit such strength

My brothers died in vain

I would die in vain

TMNT

There it is…. hopefully it reaches your expectations. I did throw in a ton of emotions in that, but in a way, Mikey had gone through a ton in the Last Ronin, and I wanted to reflect on those feelings. Thanks for reading, please R&R!