Swan Songs of a Road Less Traveled is a collection of poems and songs that have been written over the past 23 years. The central theme focuses on depression and suicide, as well as focusing on anger and sadness at certain life events, such as heartbreak. This collection serves as a medium to understanding the human psyche through various stages of the emotional ties to events that occur, that are unavoidable and tragic, others are political and discuss hard topic like murder and hatred in the United States. The range of topics vary from poem to song, from song to poem, but the emotional depth remains. Many of the works collected here aren't meant to be happy or uplifting, they are meant to showcase the emotional challenges that occur in one's life and the struggles to find any solace or answers. Life can be unexpected sometimes, the work collected here serve as a reminder that sometimes life gets away from us, and it may be difficult to find our way out of the hole.