Overcoming Me (A Brighter Way)

I suffer choosing

And get in my own way

This life of losing

These sweet songs of dismay

Listing laughter 

Among the absent sounds

And melancholy

Among my favorite hounds

But in my dreams I fly

And in my dreams I’m never gonna die

I take the joy with me and travel where I may

I drift beyond myself unto a brighter way

A pitied jester

They throw this dog a bone

And smirk smug laughter

Because they’re not alone

I take the ribbing

Because I am a fool

I own it proudly

Self-torturing so cruel

But in my dreams I fly

And in my dreams I’m never gonna die

I take the joy with me and travel where I may

I drift beyond myself unto a brighter way

I often wonder

Is there a sweet, sweet song

‘Til sourness bites me

And do the doubts drum on

I’m never leaving

This hopeless life surreal

Into the void I sink

Into the night I steal

Where in my dreams I fly

And in my dreams I’m never gonna die

I take the joy with me and travel where I may

I drift beyond myself unto a brighter way

So what’s the point you say

Why do you try at all

Just give up living

Into your grave go crawl

And when I lose all hope

I offer up this plea

Lord help me Jesus

In overcoming me

Where in my dreams I fly

And in my dreams I’m never gonna die

I take the joy with me and travel where I may

I drift beyond myself unto a brighter way

....unto a brighter way

...a brighter way!

by Royce Waxenfelter

11/29/19