When forgotten or neglected or insulted by a friend

I am an overcomer, and I no longer weep

About any discord in my life, about promises I didn't keep

I am an overcomer, I need not seek revenge

Or get my feelings hurt and go on an eating "binge,"

When someone says a harmful word,

I merely turn the other cheek,

Ignoring them as best I can, the practice of the meek.

I am an overcomer, no longer do I dwell

On annoyances that others do about which I could never tell.

I am an overcomer, I no longer fuss

About the things I did not have when I was a small cuss

I am an overcomer, I ignore the petty stuff

I concentrate on happy things when life gets a little rough

I keep an optimistic view, no matter what rolls my way

I am an overcomer, I pay no heed to negative words the pessimistics say

I know that bad comes with the good and dark comes before dawn

I am an overcomer, I see green grass on every lawn

I have closed my eyes to vile and murk and pessimistic views

And when it rains, I only see the rainbows' golden hues

I am an overcomer, I stored away my skeletons on a shelf

In a closet back in yesteryears, when I overcame myself .

I am an overcomer, at least I'm trying hard to be,

I found that when I overcame myself, I had more respect for "me."