Black boy joy

Unfiltered is the joy of melanin smiles in which it emits a luminous glow, synonymous with sunshine. Chocolate joy spread on by the buttery knife of innate beauty. The heavy strife from daily toil from our ancestors, the suffering, has only made our smiles all the more resilient. We enter a room black and blessed, elegant aura entailing even our shadows. We more than matter. Our whole being thrives, especially in the shaken and stirred bottle of adversity, bubbling up soulfulness for the world to be entertained. We are MORE than enjoyment, laughter, dancing, rapping, sports, poetry... the list continues to unfold for what we truly are, a rare jewel defined irreverently by foul mouths. We smile triumphantly through chaos; madness lies at our feet as we stride gracefully, through calamity, as no therapist has the answer to our 400 year wait at the starting point. Through it all, let the cliche ring unapologetically: We are black and proud.