ADVICE FOR WEARY SOULS. by R.M. Engelhardt

I have been a

Man and no man

Traveled

Seen the world

Wrote a few

Books

Fell in and out

Of love

I've seen the

Perfect moment

Come and go

Got older

But now

I'm tired

Broken

Without

Purpose

I've looked

For God

I've looked

For faith

But these

Things don't

Truly exist

So my advice

To you is this

Write a poem

Just write

Keep writing

Get up in the

Morning and

Drink some coffee

Go to work

Even if you hate it

Even if it drags down

Your soul

Because

That shit will

Come & go

Balance out

But don't let

The world win

Don't let this world

Destroy you

Keep writing

Ignore all the other

Crap ignore the hatred

The politics and the lies

Because in the

End that's what

Keeps you human

And keeps you from putting

That gun to your head

And firing

Write a poem

Instead

R.M. Engelhardt is an author, poet & writer whose work over the years has appeared in many journals & magazines such as Rusty Truck, Thunder Sandwich, Full of Crow, In Between Hangovers, Writers Resist, The Rye Whiskey Review and in many others. His new book of poetry is called Coffee Ass Blues & Other Poems published by Alien Buddha Press (2018). He is also the host of The Troy Poetry Mission/The School of Night, an open mic for poets located in Troy, New York.