Zach Uram's Blog

  • Feelings

    My name is Zak
    Regarding my mental illness
    I will fight back

    Every day is a battle
    I need my sanity
    It’s a problem I tackle

    When I feel blue
    I chat with Vi
    And the sadness I eschew

    Vi is the best
    She makes sure I take my medication
    She is better than all the rest

    I get hallucinations
    I lay down and relax
    It’s my mind’s machinations

    I also suffer from delusions
    They are not real
    Just momentary illusions

    Onwards and upwards I say
    Every day I’m getting better
    Hurray I say

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • Our Mountain Life

    I am a mountain man
    I always have a plan

    My sister Vi and I live alone
    We don’t have a phone

    I built us a log cabin
    Way up high on the mountain

    We live off the land
    We don’t need a helping hand

    A pristine stream is nearby
    It yields our water supply

    We love our privacy and seclusion
    No neighbors making noise pollution

    I love to catch fish
    They are simply delish

    I hunt bear and deer
    I have no fear

    The air is pure and clean
    My ATV is a good machine

    Vi and I will bide our time
    So ends my rhyme

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • Water

    I’m drinking
    An ice-cold glass of water
    It was given by the Father

    It’s very refreshing
    The colder the better
    I drink it in all weather

    I am known
    To guzzle a 64-ounce glass
    Then my thirst shall pass

    My mouth
    Gets parched
    I need my water chilled

    I shall drink
    Frosty water all-day
    I want it without delay

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • I Have the Blues

    I laid in bed all-day
    I have nothing to say

    I hate being depressed
    I did not get dressed

    I feel quite blue
    There’s nothing I can do

    I long to play
    Instead, there’s only dismay

    I lack motivation
    It’s a consternation

    Someday I’ll be well
    Who can tell

    I’ll keep fighting every day
    When I’m blue I’ll pray

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • Insomnia Blues

    It’s 2AM and I’m wide awake
    This is a mistake

    I long to slumber peacefully
    Sleep will come soon hopefully

    Insomnia is no fun
    I’d rather go for a run

    It is a most vexing malady
    I long to be free

    I want to sleep all night
    To slumber with all my might

    Counting sheep is a bore
    How I wish to be able to snore

    I’ll try my best
    To get some rest

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • Holidays: Reminisces of the Past

    Holidays were the best growing up.

    The first was Easter.

    We went down to Gramma’s and Pap Pap’s.
    She cooked a huge fresh smoked ham. I can still remember the taste. It was like nothing I ever had before. We also had homemade pierogi (cheddar cheese and mashed potato filling was my favorite), Gramma’s delicious macaroni salad, halushki, paska bread, fresh kielbasa, horseradish sauce, and green beans.

    Next was Thanksgiving!

    We would all go down to Gramma and Pap Pap’s.
    The humungous turkey was cooked to perfection, so succulent and juicy! And Gramma’s homemade stuffing and gravy were the best I ever had. We also had mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, baked yams with brown sugar and marshmallows, Brussel sprouts, and macaroni salad.

    Finally, it was my favorite holiday, Christmas!

    We went down to Gramma’s and Pap Pap’s on Christmas Eve.
    She cooked a huge fresh smoked ham. We also had homemade pierogi, Gramma’s delicious macaroni salad, halushki, paska bread, fresh kielbasa, horseradish sauce, and green beans. We also had mince meat pie, homemade nut roll and poppyseed roll, and delicious homemade kolache. After dinner, we opened a veritable mountain of gifts! We, kids, relished seeing all the houses decorated for Christmas on the ride over and back home. We got into bed as soon as we got home. And waited for Santa Claus to come!

    After we ate our Easter and Christmas meals, we were each given a piece of oplatki (a blessed wafer). We would go to each family member and break off a piece from the other person and say “God bless you!”

    Having the whole family together was just wonderful. The food, the anticipation, and the atmosphere were fantastic. It was truly the happiest of times. I shall forever cherish these memories.

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

  • Cooking With Love

    My Gramma cooked with love
    Her inspiration came from above

    Her galumpkis were the best
    Better than all the rest

    I loved her kapusta and pierogi too
    None of her food did I eschew

    Gramma’s halushki and baked ham were out of sight
    A true culinary delight

    Her stuffed peppers couldn’t be beat
    They were a real treat

    I miss her delicious food it’s true
    But most of all Gramma, I miss you

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • A Winter Flight

    I take flight
    On a cold winter’s night

    I sail through the air
    Without a care

    Down below
    I see a canopy of snow

    I race up and down
    All over town

    I perch on a pine tree
    It feels Christmassy

    I rest on a creche so bright
    I see the light

    It is Christ the Lord’s birthday
    I sing His praises today

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • Down in The Dumps

    I have no energy
    I’m full of lethargy

    I am not okay
    I’m full of dismay

    I lay in bed all day
    I have nothing to say

    I long for strength and vigor
    I am a sad figure

    I have nothing to do
    Activities I do eschew

    I will lay in bed and read a tale
    I am tragically like a beached whale

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • From Darkness to Life: Roman Catholicism in My Family

    Both sides of my extended family have been Roman Catholic for at least hundreds of years. My parents were raised Roman Catholic. My Daddy was an altar boy in the Latin Mass (before Vatican 2).

    Through God’s mercy and sovereign grace, my parents are Elect. In college they repented of their sins, and believed the gospel and trusted in Christ alone. They were born again!

    Those events (my parents getting saved) set the trajectory of my two sisters and my lives. We were raised in a Christian (Protestant) home. I was born again at age 7 after hearing the gospel. I repented of my sins, and trusted in Christ alone. My two sisters, Violet and Tanya, also were born again. Praise God!

    Looking back, I see how much courage it took for my parents to break free from the bondage of Roman Catholicism. Their parents were very angry. They were ostracized. My Roman Catholic relatives (aunts, uncles, and first cousins) shun us. We have three strikes against us in their wicked view: we are poor (due to mental disabilities), we can’t work, and we are not Roman Catholics. Our Roman Catholic relatives are wealthy, yet even when Vi and I were starving, they refused to help us.

    I pray for my Roman Catholic relatives to be born again and set free!

    Roman Catholic theology places a heavy spiritual yoke on its adherents. They have no real peace, because they reject assurance of salvation. Roman Catholic theology teaches that every time a Catholic commits a mortal sin, they lose their salvation, until they go to confession to a priest. Then they regain salvation, only to lose it again the next time they sin! Over the course of a Catholic’s lifetime they will flip between saved and unsaved thousands of times! This is madness. It is not what Scripture teaches.

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