Titan

I used to fit inside the echo

Of a symbol in the night

Little bird beneath the wingspan

Learning how to fight

Boots didn’t even touch the ground

Cape too long to wear

Trying to be brave enough

To breathe Gotham air

They called me “Wonder,” called me “Boy”

Like I was just a spark

But I was stitching up my grief

In alleys after dark

You trained me to be bulletproof

To never let it show

But pain don’t disappear

Just ‘cause you refuse to let it grow

I memorized your silence

Like it held the final word

You said the mission mattered more

Than anything I’d heard

But I was still that kid

From a high-wire in the rain

Trying not to slip again

On trauma and on pain

You built me into strategy

You carved me into steel

But somewhere in the shaping

You forgot that I could feel

I wasn’t just a weapon

Wasn’t just your second name

I wasn’t built to live and die

Inside another’s frame

Where is the line between

Honor and control?

When does loyalty

Start swallowing your soul?

If I am your reflection

Why don’t I recognize

The hero in the mirror

Looking back through tired eyes?

I fought beside a legend

But I started feeling small

A shadow in the skyline

Not a silhouette at all

You said, “Stay in formation.”

I heard, “Stay in your place.”

But birds were never meant

To only orbit space

So I broke away — not broken

Just refusing to be bound

I didn’t leave the mission

I just changed the battleground

Took the lessons, took the bruises

Took the code you live by

But I won’t disappear

Just to keep your myth alive

There is justice for the fallen

I still believe that’s true

But justice doesn’t mean

I have to disappear for you

I carry every lesson

Every scar beneath my skin

But I am not your sidekick

I am standing on my own wind

Call me reckless, call it pride

Call it teenage rage

But even Titans have to

Step outside the cage

I learned to lead with laughter

Learned to fight with grace

Learned a hero doesn’t

Have to hide his human face

I forgive you for the distance

For the cold you thought was care

For the nights I needed guidance

And just found empty air

You made me strong — that’s truth

But strength can also sting

I was Robin in your shadow

Now I rise — I’m Nightwing

Not the boy who needed saving

Not the echo of your name

Not the acrobat of vengeance

Swinging blind through flame

I am light across the skyline

Blue against the black

I don’t need to walk behind you

I’m not looking back

There is justice for the fallen

And I carry it with grace

Not in anger — but in hope

That brighter things have place

You taught me how to fight

But I learned how to lead

You were vengeance in the night

I became the thing they need

From circus wire to city fire

From orphan into king

From Robin in the darkness

Now I spread my wings

Name is Nightwing —

And I’m more than where I’ve been.