Jeremy C Kester

a poem How does one turnObsession into disgustIf that obsessionDrags you into shit?Making you believeit does somethingDifferent than thatHow can one part waysWith a bad habit?When discomfort and fearBeckon for it to comeSo they might hide from youOr rather, so you mightHide from themCan you change itInto simple boredom?And choose a challenge instead?How can one…

a poem Why aren’t good habits easy?And bad habits hard?Why must that path make us suffer so,In trying to do well for the world?As if doing good is to be punishedShoved away like a diseaseBecause it is too difficult to bearAnd yet I remember lifeHow the root of the tree breaks rockHow life must fight…