poetry submission

smirking behind these eyes
      ...defiant, and unchallenged
    drawing up from within
      maybe a sense of the self
      maybe a sense of what the self wants to be
      maybe something conjured by the imagination,
        but these are the same -
          these will shine through, regardless of their origin
            hiding behind the safety of their mask,
            but rising up the same
  it doesn't fear you,
    doesn't care what you want it to fear
    doesn't care.