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
Slow down: even with the ideas that come to quicky. Take the time to acknowledge the feelings that arrive, as they arrive.
Write it down. How else will you remember what you were thinking?
Print neatly. You hardly understand the thoughts at the time, why make it more difficult to comprehend weeks or years from now?
Follow your own logic; only you need to truly make sense of what is happening, or all that has happened.
Pay attention to the lessons of the past. Be mindful that not all are worth repeating.
Clarity. Make corrections as you go. Flaws become more difficult to correct the longer you live with them.
11/14/2024 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.
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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