Advice to a Sad Friend

Get a journal. 

Start scribbling. 

Now. 

Do it. 

Keep it with you. 

Look up. 

Look around. 

Be quiet. 

Notice. 

Listen. 

Write it down. 

Document your 
experiences 

for your own posterity

to remind your future self 

what a shitty mess this felt like 

and how 

in the end 

it was nothing more

than a small blip. 

Turn your suffering 

into beauty.

You'll be glad you did

and so will we. 

Chin up, dearest.

-Ken

for j.d.o.

Van Niddy Press   Fall 2016