sorrow

sad

sorrowful

sadness

gloom

doom laden

gloomy

hard life

rough

burden

bleak

dark

cold

lonely

contemplative

contemplation

reflective

reflection

mournful

haunting

ominous

foreboding

lost

lonesome

alone

unvarnished

crude

inelegant

unrehearsed

strain

worry

difficulty

trouble

millstone

onus

duty calls

rural

western

mid west

midwest

midwestern

bitter

bitterness

obligation

encumber

oppress

distress

afflict

downtrodden

overwhelming

lose

duty call