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Young & Beautiful

A Poem by Timothy Ryan

The whole worldIn our handsHer body closeIn my armsYoung hearts burningBrighter than the starsWe said that lifeCouldn't get any better than thisAnd da..

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A Poem by Timothy Ryan

I was at the age where I realized the cigarettes and whiskey-soaked nights weren’t anything to all that proud of anymore. I didn’t have th..

Burning Out

A Poem by Timothy Ryan

Hope always kept a burning light on for youWhile you were held close in the arm’s of another loverWhen I was drowning away in one of those nowhe..

Putting My Balls On The Table and Taking a Swing: ..

A Story by Timothy Ryan

"That doesn't sound like a good idea" is a phrase that I've been hearing for all of my life. It never makes sense to me when people say it. It probabl..

One By One

A Poem by Timothy Ryan

When the walls come downI have nowhere to hideJust my screaming heartbeatsNervousWith you on my mindOpen on upAnd take a deep breathThere's nothing in..

One More Round

A Poem by Timothy Ryan

I wasn’t ready yet to give my soul in and die to the forty-hour weeks of working-class blues for my still-poor paycheck. I wasn’t lonely..

Burning Through The Night

A Book by Timothy Ryan

The memories of the last time I loved, that burn furiously beautiful through the nights. Each part written at various points throughout the years. No ..

When We Were Young: Thoughts From The Bottom Of Th..

A Chapter by Timothy Ryan

There was something in the way those nights used to move. How those lonesome distant stars would shine in silence just for me. My heart didn’t k..

Unadulterated: Flashing Memories From A Jading You..

A Chapter by Timothy Ryan

The hangovers never got easier. Instead, the reasons for them just mounted up and grew, until everything seemed to be a reason to drink the nights aw..

Adult: After The Best Years And Innocence Wore Awa..

A Chapter by Timothy Ryan

I fell out of love somewhere in the twilight of my twenties. At the time, the summer sun had burned out and those fall nights were sweeping through..