But more than any of that, he is Sober.
“For me, Poetry, Art, and Music, are about sharing the human experience, and my lived experience is one of difficulty. One of addiction and now, sobriety. It’s an experience I’m keen to share. Every time I perform my work, no matter the subject, people find me and tell me they related to what I was saying and that it helped them process their own feelings. That’s my hope for all my work. Life has been good enough to me recently to let me find sobriety, even after all the harms I caused. My life is infinitely better than it was while I was consumed by my addictions. If I can share those dark times, and still show people that there is light and hope, then everything will have been worthwhile.
That's what the poem Drowning in Ether Reaching for Matches like Driftwood is, to me. It’s the story of my own hardships and mental state, told by mixing them with those of a friend, so I can experience my own story again, and remind myself how far I have come.
And that hope is there for everyone.