i'm an overcomer/you're an overcomer

i'm an overcomer of finacial hardship

where losing a home

tempts me to be a street dweller

indulging stupidity by consuming alcohol

metamorphosising myself to become a drunk

that tells sorry stories searching for pity

becoming a lost sheep running away with no direction

instead, i'm a renown street scholar

that inspires hope to the youth

in realizing talents lie from within their inner core disposal

 

you're an overcomer of unhappiness

where you're wearing the pants in the relationship

by bringing home the bread, which that title should belong to your man

but instead

constantly asking you for money by selling pipe dreams

about his own aspirations fogged up by ongoing delusions of failures

paralyzing his own reality by making undeniable excuses for his shortcomings

you gave him the benefit of the doubt for 15 years

it's way too long

tell him to hit the road jack, you don't want him no more no more no more no more 

 

i'm an overcomer of a dysfunctional family

where loyalty is based on favortism, not love

it's all in the family until you become your own person

where learning how to speak and think for oneself becomes a threat like a criminal

the real criminals in my family are drug dealers,murderers, drunks, corruption that was all about power

yet, they get more love than me

and i don't fit the description

 

you're an overcomer of abuse

you become an addict to his crack

where he injects hatred, powerless, and weak mind that suppress your self-esteem

the infliction of pain became numb as a customary to defining a healthy relationship

but in all reality, he's the weakest link in your relationship

all you need to do is overcome that fear with power, love, and sound mind

you say you want to get away

but he keeps calling your name

and you respond like a slave with no liberty

WAKE UP! what is your wake up call?

are you waiting for the inevitable where your face is on the 3rd page of the daily news

headlining a tragedy for your family to shed so many tears asking why my daughter

 

i'm an overcomer of adversity

there's always soemthing that tries to hold me back

i don't give in nor give up

i am not diagnose with cowardice where every time there's a problem

i run like a lot of dudes who don't want to pay child support who have the audacity to bad mouth his kid's mom, but yet you slept with her

and whose abundance of the heart is absent and the only thing that comes out of their mouths is false representations of what defines a man

 

you're an overcomer of finding your life again

where you were a runaway at 15 running from who? from what?

20 years later, you look back and ask why

only you knew why the decisions was indicated at that time

it doesn't matter what happened before

what matter is now

you made a 180* turnaround to aspire people in believing that life is good

if it were a 360, you would've reverted back to the beginning where you were tagged as a runaway without reason

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Bailey Reynolds

This poem is gnarly

MVP-Most Valuable Poet

thanks for the comment

let me ask you, what makes this poem gnarly to you? challenging? difficult?

 

this is a poem that entails about chronicles of people overcoming something challenging where they conquer their fears with courage

 

 

Angelwith1wing

Amen! Amen! Beautifully written as always. Yes we are overcomers. I like how you take real life struggles that people have endured and show their overcoming with you overcoming life. It's truly inspiring. It makes evident that no matter what circumstance we are in or came out of we can be a overcomer by walking in faith and courage to path better than our past. Once again, beautiful. Keep writing on my friend:).

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the idea is that we all have somthing to say about struggles

its what we do to get through

those are moments that truly define who you really are when face with challenges

thank you always for the luv and support

i wanted to make this poem inspirationally profound

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