Mythos & Marginalia

life notes; flaws and all

j.g. lewis

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a daily breath...

A thought du jour, my daily breath includes collected and conceived observations, questions of life, fortune cookie philosophies, reminders, messages of peace and simplicity, unsolicited advice, inspirations, quotes and words that got me thinking. They may get you thinking too . . .

this journey

How do we choose to travel?
What is reliable in the rain?
What is our ultimate destination,
for this time, this journey, or
this day?
We move at the speed of life.
Depending on traffic, others
may chose to follow your path,
but not your direction.

© 2021 j.g. lewis

this season

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.

Mondays are just young Fridays

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.

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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Left Behind

Posted on April 20, 2022 by j.g.lewis Leave a comment

     Bus shelter                park bench
              city streets

   Clothing strewn across pavement
like a secret
                                or sins

             in this weather
   March not yet forgotten
                  the lion does not rest

       neither do society’s sacrificial lambs
       the unhoused or the addicted

An existence
harder than concrete
we walk on                      We walk by

   seeing only what is left behind
   more comments than questions

           Blood on the sidewalk

   like the clothing          we do not know
         whom it belongs to

              Another secret
                                       another question
                     No comments

         Some sinners don’t get saved

         Some sins are unaccounted for

04/19/2022 j.g.l.

April is Poetry Month
find it where you can

 

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