Gotham's got him

A mask covered his face
No one would ever know
What hid behind it
His true self wouldn't show
People lived in fear
Of what he might do to them
He was beyond the law
And universally condemned
Just because he showed
No open face to the world
His every move was suspect
And at him epithets were hurled
He bore them all with strength
Like a mother would with her child
Who was tended to with care
Yet in fear recoiled
From the love and tenderness
That he showered on his subjects
Every night he fought evil
But he was held suspect
What egged him on to continue
To save people who wouldn't believe
What caused him to give his all
And in return get no reprieve...