Overcome
written by: Not All Who Wander Are Lost
I feel the phantoms of the past
Circling around me
I sense the specters of fears
Mocking me
Calling my name
All the things I was scared to face
The constant sensation of being out of place
Of being left
Being not enough
Lost in the darkness
I gave it up
It’s not that they don’t linger still
Or that they don’t feel incredibly real
But I persist through fear and pain
I see the struggle is less than the ultimate gain
So I push through the petrification
Power through by sheer determination
My fears never completely go away
But over my life they have lost their sway
What fears have you overcome and how?
An Arizona girl, Alaska born, Not all who wander are lost is a name Sarah uses to summarize her journey. She has enjoyed being a mother to three daughters, a grandmother, a middle school English and high school humanities teacher, a traveler and a poet. In her travels Sarah has visited Cuba, Costa Rica, England, Spain, France, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Greece. Originally Sarah began blogging as a way to remember her experiences, but over time her repertoire expanded as she found community and support from her fellow bloggers. Writing has always been a passion and part of self expression. Recently, she has used her blogging to express her spiritual beliefs, her perspective as an English teacher, and find a catharsis for the stresses and celebrations of life. Sarah’s motto is, "it’s all good." She stands by this not because life is always as it should be, but because she is determined to look for the good and everything.
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