No Matter What Happens
By William Tribell
I remember a time when every day was ours
The world one big screen test and you played the song
The days slept away, we played with the stars
The nights were long, we drank in the bars
The years passed by, we had no care,
No thought for the future or how we'd get there
With just our dreams, no thought for fear
The path wide open, the way was clear, and though
We have to grow older, and all things must change
They don't always have to end
Because even though things become different, maybe
That's just where everything starts to begin
No matter what happens, I'll always be there
The path became rugged, the way unsure
When hardship comes it's ours to share
Darkest of nights and mornings to bare
No matter what happens, you know I'll always be there
Some lose their way in the mist so grey,
Misfortune can breed confusion and bonds then fray
That lot is not ours to collect and all I can say
No matter what happens, I'll always be there
If you would just stay
William S. Tribell is a interdisciplinary artist. He is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet, with nominations for Poet Laureate of Kentucky in 2017 and 2018 and the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame in 2018 and 2019. His collection of poetry, "A Duke's Mixture and a Hill of Beans" received sponsored submission to the Pulitzer Prize Nomination in Poetry for 2020 and was accepted. As a poet, he was featured in the film "Poetry is Dead!" (2015). He is also known for his work in film including "Dwellers" (2021), "The Evening Hour" (2020), and his musical work with the EMMY winning "The Dead Unknown" (2015). An actor, writer, producer and director, his short film "Girl in the Red Dress" will debut at the 2024 Cannes Short Film Festival. "The Day Over to the Belva-Straight Creek Mine" (2011), about an Eastern KY mine explosion read by Appalachian historian Tim Cornett with a score by Nobuo Uematsu featured into the finals in China's Shanghai Tunnels Project film contest and the connected JUE Arts + Music Festival Portland. In Journalism, Tribell has had thousands of articles and photographs published, receiving a Lighthouse Media Award in 2015. He plays harmonica and paints. He lives in Nashville.
