Please...and Thank You

What...
you thought I would stay down?
Really...
Just because I let you see me
Being human...

As if You have the right to judge
my place in this life...
just because you had the chance
to see that rare occurrence
called my tears...

You thought you saw my armor crack
when in reality...it was just me
shedding that dead skin I was living in.

Let's call it a molting of the soul...

You called me "cree baba" ( crybaby)
I call you jealous...because even when
I cry....I'm dignified....

My tears only polish the diamonds inside me
all the while you were hoping

I would be washed away by them.
Didn't you know...my roots were deep...

Didn't you know...that I
was grounded from my core ....right
to the heart of creation ....

Didn't you know...

I have ancestors stationed at every
port of call in my life...

Swords drawn....
Energy covering me...
To weather ANY storm...
and you ....thought I was broken...

I will have you know
The stuff I am made of...
is the stuff YOU can only dream about

Please...and Thank You!