Overcome Stories

I was so young when I had those thoughts "I'm ugly." I looked at the stretch marks and the acne, and I wouldn't pick out one thing that I likedI saw my thighs and envied the girls with thigh gaps I saw my lips and wanted them to be fuller My hips were too wide My hands were too smallMy eyes weren't a pretty color I hated my noseMy face was way too red And I couldn't stand the way that I laughed One day I was looking in th...

It begins as a quiet voice A silent whisper in the dark So faint and barely there Louder and louder Defeating the deafening silence Anger and sadness Despair and darkness Bending bleakness to its will All the trials and tribulations The toils and strife Piercing gloom's very veil Beyond heartache and hardship Past the pain and sorrow Basking from glorious truth Ring the bell and blare the horn Let all of Creation know Til...

December 20, 2011   Do I fear death? Death was before me Gripped Counting my seconds Of my life There I was facing judgement Like votes in a ballot Was I to live or die? Cash pot and lucky five Couldn’t save me All I had was God watching me My heart pounding But still I was calm Not fearful But wondering What my end was to be And finally When the gun man got what He wanted I could see fear in his eyes Tremble in his voice...