A song I made months ago that I found in my notes dedicated to Joshua Hicks

Yesterday was the hardest day I’ve had in a while

I wish I could hold it together and crack a smile

Up and down, left and right, goes my mind everyday

I need to calm it down, before I go insane

I love hard and hate harder

excuse me while I burn

Seasons change, friends fade

Love speaks, in different words

Wish I could crack a smile

through it all every day

We both know it’s not like that, peaks and valleys so they say

Old friend how I miss you

where’d you go?

Changed my life, plucking strings

At your summer home

I thought of Joshua Hicks when I wrote this. My first guitar teacher who changed my entire identity on a humid and sunny day in southern Indiana on the porch of his home. We we’re both struggling but helped each other get through it as much as we could until we split ways. He passed away of a heroin overdose in late 2020. Always in my

memory!