My Ocean of Stars (2023 - 2024) | Poetry

116.) goons and goblins

I had worries on my mind
and hope that I couldn't find.
Then I remembered I'd be fine
because success is always mine.

He shouldn't have said that to my face
next time I'll be pulling out a mace.
He really doesn't know who he's messing with.
He's a stupid believer of myths.

Then I went to the zoo to see the monster they'd caged
only for it to bite my feeding hand.
I should've seen it coming as it raged
I should have known what to expect from this land.

And as for the one who needs to hit the gym
I don't know why he's mad at me, there's nothing I did to him.
He's probably just mad that I'm better than him,
mad that I'm at a place with more prestige than his.

Then there was the one who envied my style,
who looked at me with jealous eyes.
He fought with me for a while
I truly saw admiration in his eyes.

These buffoons
or baboons
are just goons and goblins.
They're goons,
losers in cartoons,
goons and hobgoblins.

I pay them no mind
all they do is hate.
I continue to grind
and allow fate to be fate.

I let myself rise above them, up high.
I continue to persevere, to fight.
I fly high into the sky
I do what they said I couldn't in spite.

I emerge from the shadows shining bright.
I glimmer like gold as I have let go of the dark
and have given into the light.

Here I stand, tall and proud.
Here I shine, bright and loud.

They could hate to their heart's content,
all they want,
but I'll still be happy and content,
I have all that I want.