but when you get to bring the Joy back....

it's like night and day. one day you're praying to die and the next you're looking forward to a new day. you always look back and cry if you suffered long enough. 25 years was just too long. i don't think the pain will ever totally go away. but, once you get that Joy back, you protect it like it's gold...

ain’t nobody (gonna steal my joy)

ain’t nobody gonna steal my joy

you can try

but as soon as the daggers from

your eyes

meet my forcefield  they’ll

mirror

& turn on you

can’t steal my joy

i heard a girl say

don’t let them steal your joy

God gave you that joy girl

better keep it

ain’t nobody worth denyin it for

girl you better snatch your joy back

‘cause there are looters

& thieves

liars

and prophetic deniers

combatatives destitutes and

vampires that sap your energy

there are negative souls

just waitin

to cancel your positives

and there’s a guy down the road

says he’s got a good deal for you

forests of negativity

where you dare not look

at the trees

misty maven widows

who try

to make you feel bad

‘cause

a destitute revoked their joy

and they think

they can’t get it back

and i heard her say

don’t let them steal your joy

tell ‘em

to get their own

amen.

-jaarmstrong 4/15/11