Surrendered Dreams

Sometimes surrender is just finally accepting the inevitable and making plans of how to manage it. Failure to do so may make things worse. It will then be too late to implement the plans. I believe in faith, hope, and the power of positive thinking to a point. Practical pragmatism may also need to come into play. Continued ignoring creates ignorance. Ignorance is only bliss for a moment.  When the bare burning truth is stamped on your heart it tastes like betrayal and shame.

Surrendered Dreams 

When I was young

I thought I'd be a stuntmen

Rolling with the punches

Safely crashing old cars 

Striding from exploding backdrops 

Hollywood never called 

I never went

Now a slip on the ice

Aches for days 

I thought I'd be a rockstar

Prancing center stage 

Trying to keep the girls away

Getting prime time radio play 

Nashville never called 

I never went 

Now I'm happy with a handful 

Of coins in my guitar case 

I thought I'd be an actor 

Name up on the marquee 

Smiling down red carpets 

Lightning up the stage 

Broadway never called 

I never went 

Now I'm happy with a few lines

In my local church play

I thought I'd be a comedian 

Have them rolling in the aisles 

Headlining a national tour 

Getting my own sit-com

Comedy store never called 

I never went 

Now I'm happy with a laugh from

Well planned well placed jokes

I thought I'd find a girl

Who would be my whole world 

Who would be worth the wait

I did not hesitate 

When you called 

And I went

Now I'm happy I'm satisfied 

No surrender no compromise