Smile

I smile regardless
Drums of convictions
I stand trial
Judgments
Subpoenas
No witnesses
But my lineage
My record
Track
100, 200, relay races
But it’s just me so
I smile regardless
Not because these fiery darts
Don’t penetrate the armor
But it’s just that, the whole armor
Against enemies
That seek to devour me
Lurkin’, reachin’
For weakness
The same love that is my strength
The same determination that is my stronghold
The same endurance that is my fortress
I don’t run from the storm, I am the storm
I am the nature that flies toward those darkened clouds
Hold the rain ‘til I get there!
Here
And when the turbulence is kickin’ in
Unsure of airplane belts
Bobblin’ masks of oxygen
I ascend then
Cradled then
Grips tightenin’
I’m not immune
To the tears of broken dreams
So I smile regardless
Not ignorant of my human experience
Just not distracted by this external
But it’s my soul that soars
Effortlessly
Never tired
Never ceasing
To create an existence
Worthy of my presence
Rocket speeds
Gravity leaves
Pressure increase
I gain momentum
Through atmospheres
Stratospheres
Exo-of those spheres
I make it
To those stars I wish on
Those leprechauns’ trickin’ niggaz
The end of the rainbows’ here
Follow me there
Where
Tears fall freely
Brows raise intently
Nostrils wiggle curiously
The dips of lips holds sweets
They wonder why, how
In regards of less
I smile