Our paths shift, circumstance and
attitude shaping our trajectory.
The company we keep alters both
our outlook and destination.
We are where we are
mainly because of who we are
and whom we are with.
04/16/2024 j.g.l.
A wish for words more delicate and
refined will only lead to
an unnecessary edit, constrained curiosity,
and a smudge of indifference.
Emotions scoured from the page,
its patina reflective now of a chaotic mind,
you are no longer (or never have been)
satisfied with what is there.
Speaking freely, nowhere near the truth,
a humane reaction may not be soothed.
Not always. No matter what.
No longer plain and simple. Perhaps
it never was?
You question the questions.
The flaws in your self can only add up
to a greater expression of your being.
04/15/2024 j.g.l.
April is Poetry Month
flaws and all
We do not touch the money, now
only digits on a screen. Ingredients
in our foods unknown, or what
scientists contribute to the scheme.
Price at the pump keeps going up,
still our cars can’t seem
to get enough.
Politicians are not worth knowing, or
deeds in which they partake, sin or
scandal widely-known, we
elect them anyway.
Damn truth be told,
between utter lies; they won’t salute
the dead, so many innocents die.
We won’t wash our hands, but
still waste the water
and share the blame.
We don’t care if we don’t want to,
our days continue just the same.
© 2018 j,g, lewis
I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
Throughout the past month I have published words from other writers, each responding to the theme ‘Where We Are’. The submissions were vast, but humanity was a common theme.
Who we are with is more consequential than where we are.
Where we are is often made up of the people around us.
We feel better in the company of others, or when we show concern or care for each other.
Individually we are strong, but together we can be powerful.
This first month of a new year has been a powerful, soul-searching journey.
I’m proud of what we, as a group, accomplished over the past month. I think we all inspired each other in some way. I feel it. I know I will step forward a little wiser, and more aware, because of what was shared.
Thank you Mitch Smith, Denise McQuiston, Jamie Forget. Jennifer Hillman, Lisette Kiene, Stormy Peterson. Leslye Peterson-Hernandez, Heather Cameron, and Laurel Christie. Each of you wrote from your hearts. You made a commitment to me, and followed through with highly introspective words and thoughts.
You are all human to the core.
deep peace
-j-
02/02/2018 j.g.l.
I’m like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
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