Why can’t life be smooth and easy? Why can’t struggles disappear? Why must we weather life’s uncertainty? Why can’t our journey be free and clear? Why is destiny such a mystery? Why do we live in constant fear? Will those we love one day desert us? Will we lose all…

Sleep evades Causing decisions to be made Wake up zone out in front of the TV Or reflect on existence and craft poetry Listen to newly released Zach Bryan CD Or make a night of it and do all three But work awaits and a classroom to teach I desperately…

You are a bug carcass Dead inside and a useless irritant You take up space but your inner rot permeates everything you come in contact with The only use for your decayed soul Is to insidiously poison anything-or anyone- around you I do not know if I have the patience…

The sound invades my inner being The words open my eyes to a new way of seeing Emotional connection seared deep in my soul Music can make my fractured mind whole It’s like breathing in calmness and expelling distress Music can heal me when I am a mess Life can…

We do not know what we are signing up for — Eternal love or a continual war. Relationships are minefields we navigate, Never knowing if the end is love or hate. Being alone may be the safer route, but still we try to overcome doubt. To hope and cling to…

The dance of love is an awkward dance Where searching souls have to take a chance And the moves they make are full of self doubt As they struggle with what to even talk about To be alone is a lonesome fate So we swipe and swipe trying to find…

I wish I was more motivated- Like a zombie I move around acting sedated. Lists and piles of things to do, But I sit and stare as my thoughts just brew. I feel I am made for finer things, But instead tedium is what life brings. I mope around feeling…

The masses press around me and panic starts to rise- These souls that surround me living their separate lives- I long to be away from here on a empty country road: Zach Bryan on the radio speaking to my soul. Only there I will feel myself relax, and my lungs…

We drove into the eye of the storm. The thunder crashed and the rain clouds roared, But all the time you were by my side- My partner in crime along for the ride. Damage occurred: we were not left unscathed, But together we battled brave and unafraid, Holding fast to…