Keep On

June 7

If you are trying,
if you keep
moving forward,
if you don’t allow
setbacks or the
opinions of others
drag you down…
you are doing
exactly what
you need to do.
Keep on.

06/07/2019 j.g.l.

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a decade of days…

2025 is an anthology of thoughts du jour, unsolicited advice, messages of peace, philosophy, poetry, and photographs from the past decade of Mythos & Marginalia. In unchronological order, the years not as important as the dates, each post a reminder (if only to myself) that I do indeed write every damn day.

March 17

too much too easy

– to let slight pain seep into your psyche.
– to let symptoms become problems.
– to let that last mistake haunt you.
– to expect too much of yourself.
– to become disappointed.
– to overlook your worth.
– to settle.
– to stop.

© 2023 j.g. lewis

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March 14

words we chose

It’s not always easy

to find the right words.

The words we use, the

words we choose,

leave shadows over time.

It takes time

to get past the past,

to sort out emotions

and reservations.

It takes patience

and faith to accept

who you are

and what we can be.

j.g.l.

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March 11

insomnia

In absence of light I tried
counting raindrops,
losing tally at three thousand, two
hundred and thirty-seven, or
forty
or so.
I was not counting them all; only
the loudest, the ones
I thought hurt the most.
The others, I am convinced
there were many, fell
silently, normally,
naturally.
Gravity.
I tire of counting.
Why
do we keep track
of things
that cause
pain?

© 2014 j.g. lewis

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March 15

evidence

Months of neglect,
evidence of irresponsibility,
a conspicuous reminder of
careless inaction, or contempt
for our surroundings.
Temperatures rising, rain
washing away our salt and sins;
random dog shit, cigarette butts,
society’s single-use solutions,
evidence of our irresponsibility.
We don’t change,
but time does. In time.
These longer days, will we slowly
wake from our suspect slumber,
or try a little harder.
Enthusiasm is an option.
It is not spring,
but it’s close enough.

© 2019 j.g. lewis

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March 10

NOW

We are all human.
We all have the right
to be human. We see,
we know, we feel when
rights are violated
in this country or any
country. What will you
do about it? Now.
We are all human.

03/10/2022 j.g.l.

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March 7

I don’t understand

I don’t know how
to forgive myself
for so many things
I have not discovered
and further mistakes
I will surely make.
I don’t understand
certain emotions
and behaviours, and
I likely never will,
but still I can try.

03/07/2019 j.g.l.

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