A little cold, little wet,
a little tired and yet
I am here. Still,
full of wonder.
The morning chill leaves
little to the imagination
and much less
to hope for.
Expected, perhaps, as it
always is, this time, this
season is only what
we ask of it.
11/21/2024 j.g.l.
The answers are far less certain
than even last week, to all those
perennial questions or solutions
you might seek.
What do you believe, or
what do you believe in?
Come Monday, you have fewer
questions than you had last week.
For a while there are less doubts
in what you believe.
Whom do you believe in,
and who believes in you?
11/18/2024 j.g.l.
We want to know what
we don’t know, or hadn’t thought of,
or forgot.
What mattered then,
or what mattered when, shifts over time.
We notice.
Perception is what you don’t see.
Deception is what know.
You see it differently through your aloneness.
The truth behind a lie,
you question how and why.
It made sense.
Anticipation keeps us waiting
for only so long. Will it matter
if you felt it never did?
© 2021 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.
refusal
she insists
on finding beauty
in my madness
a lover, yes
she will not be turned away
yet I, in my cowardice
refuse
her longing
refuse to accept
linear and lyrical poetry
consistency
gentle ways
deep caring eyes
yet
all I see is compromise
I say I dream
she says she understands
how
is that possible
if I don’t
and don’t want to
conversations
between the lines
more pronounced
or definite
daydreams mid-sentence
even I
can’t interpret
not
wanting
the responsibility
I refuse distractions
unable to look
beyond a certain end
below the surface
past bruises and invisible scars
I have no shame
in what’s there
hidden more beneath the skin
I just don’t want to
talk about it
©2015 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.